Selecting the Three Gunners Players to Pick v Wolverhampton? FPL Squad of the Gameweek

One major decision in the Fantasy Premier League team of the gameweek involves select zero City assets - and yes, even Haaland!

The budget is needed to go all-in on Gunners assets as they welcome one of the poorest teams in English top-flight recent memory.

Yes, City scored a total of five times on their most recent away fixture, but this time they meet Palace, who have the second-best defensive record in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of xGC.

And Arsenal hosting Wolverhampton is the type of fixture you must attack - the best side in the division against one devoid of form, quality and self-belief.

This team of the gameweek is chosen using current valuations to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit chip.

How did Last Week's Team Do?

No captain return but strong points from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (14), Phil Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (9), along with a lucky sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance led to a huge eighty-three points. Success!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week for Gameweek 16

Keeper and Defence

Roefs, Sunderland, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (home)

This long-awaited derby in the top flight since 2016 is likely to be loud, passionate, feisty - and it may prove to be one of those tight games that is all drama but little clear chances.

Which would make Roefs, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a decent shout.

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

An Gunners defensive asset is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolves have just one goal scored on the road this season and one in their past 6 matches.

Ben White is a great attacking option when he is given his opportunity. Having started the past two at right-back, had a 14-point haul against the Bees and tops the charts in that time among Gunners defensive players with two big chances created, two shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

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

Everton are unpredictable so this selection is focused more on Chelseadefensive solidity and Cucurella potential.

Chelsea have the fourth-best defensive record while he has generated more opportunities (nineteen) than any other defensive player in the league.

And he is yet to score this season, after scoring five goals the previous campaign.

Dalot, United, £4.4m - the Cherries (h)

You can't have high expectations for a United clean sheet - they have just one this entire campaign - but Bournemouthscoring have dried up in the last two matches.

Crucially, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some very advanced roles as left wing-back in the past 3 games.

In those matches he's had four attempts, two big chances, a goal and an assist. He also missed a cracking opportunity at Wolves on Monday night too.

Midfield Picks

Saka (C), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolves (h)

This fixture against Wolves is too juicy to pass up and that renders Bukayo Saka, Arsenaltop offensive asset essential.

Little statistical analysis needed to support this pick. United had twenty-seven shots at Wolves on Monday night, scored four and might have had twice as many.

The Gunners will be licking their lips.

Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)

One point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Declan Rice is incredibly consistent for Arsenal.

More advanced this season, he's generated more opportunities than any Gunners teammate (twenty-seven) and has five assists to his name.

He's also the most reliable for minutes as the manager could see this as a opportunity to rotate his players.

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

Fernandes may have taken over from Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfield asset.

Fixture-proof, always a candidate for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to points.

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

This gameweek's punt, Palmer has his first ninety minutes since returning after a long layoff and we know what an high-scoring FPL asset he can be.

You get the feeling that, as quickly as he has one good game, fantasy coaches will be flocking to bring him in.

He was absent for the Blues'European defeat at the Italian side, but that was the club managing his minutes so he should be well-rested for Everton.

Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds (home)

Leeds enter this game following two strong home performances against the Blues and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three goals for each one they've netted.

This is likely Ouattara last match before heading to the AFCON.

He has been superb for the Bees this season, and has 5 attacking returns in his last 3 home matches.

Attack

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

It has been a frustrating last few gameweeks for the striker owners, with just three FPL points in two games.

Nevertheless, he's the second top scorer in the league and has 7 goals in seven fixtures at home. He is the best forward option this week and, with a kind fixture list, you can set and forget until the January window at least.

Hugo Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (home)

It is expected that the manager continues to start with the young Frenchman, after his two-goal haul at Leeds United.

He was well at the start of the season and you wonder what he would have done had a rival striker not been signed and challenged him for playing time at centre-forward.

The Bench

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