Which Three Arsenal Picks to Select v Wolves? Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Gameweek

The big call in the FPL squad of the week involves opt for zero City players - indeed, that includes Haaland!

Our budget are required to invest heavily on Gunners assets as they face at home among the most struggling sides in English top-flight recent memory.

Yes, Manchester City smashed in five goals on their last away fixture, but this time they take on Palace, a side with the second-best defence in the league for goals allowed and fourth-best in terms of xGC.

And Arsenal hosting Wolverhampton is the sort of encounter you just have to attack - the top team in the league against one lacking of momentum, quality and self-belief.

This team of the week is selected based on current prices to stay under a £100m limit, as if you were using a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Lineup Perform?

No captain return but strong hauls from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (14), Phil Foden (12) and James Tarkowski (9), along with a fortunate 16-point Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo led to a huge eighty-three points total. Boom!

FPL Lineup of the Week for Fixture 16

Keeper and Defence

Robin Roefs, Sunderland, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h)

This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League since 2016 is going to be noisy, fiery, combative - and it could be one of those matches that is all drama but little clear chances.

Which would render Roefs, ranked third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent pick.

White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

An Arsenal defender is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolverhampton have one goal scored on the road so far and a single goal in their last 6 matches.

Ben White is a great attacking option when he gets his opportunity. Having started the last two at right-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against the Bees and tops the charts in that period among Arsenal defenders with two key passes, 2 shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

Marc Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)

Everton are inconsistent so this selection is focused more on Chelseadefence and Cucurella potential.

The London club have the fourth-best defence while he has created more chances (19) than any other defender in the league.

And he is yet to score this season, having netted five times the previous campaign.

Diogo Dalot, United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (home)

You can't have great hopes for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but Bournemouthscoring have dried up in the last two games.

More importantly, Dalot has been getting in some incredibly attacking positions as left wing-back in the last 3 games.

In those matches he's had 4 attempts, two clear opportunities, a goal and one assist. He missed a cracking opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday night too.

Midfield

Saka (C), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolves (home)

This fixture against Wolves is too good to ignore and that makes Bukayo Saka, the Gunners'best offensive asset essential.

Little statistical analysis needed to support this pick. United had 27 attempts at Wolves on Monday night, netted 4 and could have had double that.

The Gunners will be rubbing their hands.

Declan Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolves (h)

Just a single point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Declan Rice is so consistent for Arsenal.

More advanced this term, he's generated more opportunities than any Arsenal teammate (27) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the surest bet for minutes as the manager could see this fixture as a chance to rotate his squad.

Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (home)

The Portuguese playmaker might have taken over from Semenyo as the essential FPL midfield asset.

Match-up proof, always a shout for defensive bonus points and with multiple ways to points.

Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (home)

This gameweek's punt, Cole Palmer has his first ninety minutes under his belt after a long injury and we are aware what an high-scoring FPL asset he can be.

You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers will be rushing to sign him up.

He missed ChelseaChampions League defeat at Atalanta, but that was the team managing his minutes so he should be fresh for the Toffees.

Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds (h)

Leeds United come into this game off the back of two great home results against Chelsea and Liverpool, but on the road they have let in three times for every one they've netted.

This is likely the winger's final match before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He's been excellent for Brentford this term, and has 5 goal contributions in his past 3 home matches.

Forwards

Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds (home)

It has been a disappointing couple of weeks for Thiago owners, with only 3 FPL points in two matches.

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest top scorer in the division and has seven strikes in seven home games. He's the prime forward option this week and, with a favourable run of games, you can set and forget up until the end of January at the very least.

Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton (h)

Surely Arne Slot continues to start with the promising striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds.

He was great at the start of the season and you can't help but think what he would have done had a rival striker not been signed and competed with him for playing time at the number nine role.

The Bench

  • Martin Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - the Cottagers ({h|home
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