Which Top 3 Arsenal Picks to Choose v Wolverhampton? FPL Team of the Week

The major move in the FPL lineup of the week is to select zero Manchester City players - indeed, that includes Haaland!

The budget are needed to load up on Arsenal players as they welcome among the worst teams in English top-flight recent memory.

Yes, City scored a total of 5 times on their last away fixture, but this time they face Palace, a side with the second-strongest defensive record in the league for goals allowed and fourth-strongest in relation of xGC.

And Arsenal home to Wolves is the sort of encounter you just have to attack - the best side in the league against one lacking of momentum, technical ability and self-belief.

The squad of the gameweek is chosen based on current prices to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit.

Performance of Last Week's Squad Do?

No captain return but strong points from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (14), Phil Foden (12) and James Tarkowski (9), along with a fortunate sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance resulted in a monster 83 points total. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week for Fixture 16

Defensive Picks

Robin Roefs, the Black Cats, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h)

The first derby in the top flight for eight years is likely to be loud, passionate, feisty - and it might be one of those tight games that is all drama but little clear chances.

Which would make the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a decent option.

White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

An Arsenal defender is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolverhampton have just one goal away from home so far and a single goal in their last 6 matches.

Ben White is a fantastic attacking option when he gets his chance. Having started the past two games at full-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and leads the way in that time among Arsenal defensive players with two big chances created, 2 shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.

Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (home)

Everton are erratic so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defence and the Spaniard's potential.

The London club have the fourth-strongest defence while Cucurella has created more opportunities (19) than any other defender in the league.

And he hasn't scored yet, after scoring five times last season.

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

You can't have great expectations for a United clean sheet - they have one this entire campaign - but Bournemouthgoals have dried up in the past two games.

Crucially, the Portuguese defender has been occupying some incredibly advanced roles as left wing-back in the past 3 fixtures.

During that spell he's taken 4 attempts, two clear opportunities, one goal and one assist. He missed a cracking opportunity at Wolves on Monday night too.

Midfield Picks

Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolves (h)

This fixture against Wolves is too juicy to ignore and that makes Saka, the Gunners'top attacking player a must-have.

No stats required to support this pick. Manchester United had twenty-seven shots at Wolverhampton on Monday, netted four and could have had double that.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (h)

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

With more license to attack this term, he's created more chances than any other Gunners player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to his name.

He's also the surest bet for game time as the manager might view this fixture as a chance to rest his squad.

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

Fernandes may have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfielder.

Fixture-proof, consistently a candidate for defensive contribution points and with several routes to FPL returns.

Cole Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - the Toffees (home)

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

You sense that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, fantasy coaches will be flocking to sign him up.

He was absent for ChelseaChampions League loss at the Italian side, but that was the team managing his minutes so he should be fresh for the Toffees.

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

Leeds United come into this match following two strong home results against the Blues and the Reds, but on the road they have let in three times for each one they've netted.

This is likely the winger's last match before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.

He has been superb for Brentford this term, and has 5 attacking returns in his last three fixtures at home.

Strikers

Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds United (h)

It's been a frustrating couple of weeks for Thiago owners, with just three points in two matches.

However, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the division and has seven strikes in 7 fixtures at home. He is the top striker choice this week and, with a kind run of games, you can set and forget until the January window at least.

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

It is expected that the manager keeps faith with the promising striker, after his two-goal haul at Leeds United.

He performed strongly at the start of the campaign and you wonder what he would have done had a rival striker not been signed and challenged him for playing time at the number nine role.

Subs' Bench

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