Selecting the Top 3 Gunners Players to Choose v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Week

The major call in the FPL lineup of the week is to opt for no Manchester City assets - indeed, that includes Erling Haaland!

The budget are required to invest heavily on Arsenal assets as they face at home among the poorest sides in Premier League recent memory.

Yes, City smashed in 5 times on their last away fixture, but this time they face Crystal Palace, who have the second-strongest defensive record in the division for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in terms of expected goals conceded.

And Arsenal home to Wolverhampton is the type of fixture you just have to exploit - the best side in the division against one devoid of momentum, technical ability and confidence.

The team of the gameweek is selected based on current prices to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit chip.

How did The Previous Lineup Perform?

The captain didn't deliver but big points from Bruno Fernandes (18), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (9), along with a lucky 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo led to a massive 83 points total. Boom!

FPL Team of the Week for Gameweek 16

Keeper and Defence

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

This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League since 2016 is likely to be noisy, passionate, feisty - and it may prove to be one of those tight matches that is all drama but minimal clear chances.

A scenario that would make the Sunderland keeper, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a good shout.

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

An Gunners defender is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolverhampton have just one goal on the road this season and a single goal in their past 6 fixtures.

Ben White is a great attacking option when he gets his opportunity. Having started the past two at right-back, registered a 14-point return against Brentford and tops the way in that time among Gunners defenders with 2 key passes, 2 shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

Marc Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - the Toffees (home)

The Toffees are unpredictable so this selection is more about the Blues'defensive solidity and the Spaniard's potential.

Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defence while he has created more chances (19) than any defensive player in the league.

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

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

You can't have great hopes for a Manchester United shutout - they have just one this entire campaign - but Bournemouthgoals have dried up in the last two games.

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

In those matches he's taken four attempts, two clear opportunities, a goal and an assist. He also missed a cracking opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday night as well.

Midfielders

Bukayo Saka (captain), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

This game against Wolverhampton is too juicy to pass up and that makes Bukayo Saka, the Gunners'best attacking player a must-have.

No stats needed to back this up. Manchester United had twenty-seven attempts at Wolves on Monday night, scored four and might have had double that.

Arsenal will be keen to attack.

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

One point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is so reliable for the Gunners.

With more license to attack this term, he's created more chances than any Gunners player (27) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the surest bet for minutes as Mikel Arteta might view this fixture as a chance to rotate his squad.

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

Fernandes might have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the essential FPL midfield asset.

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

Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (h)

This week's punt, Palmer has his first 90 minutes under his belt after a lengthy layoff and we are aware what an high-scoring FPL asset he is capable of being.

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

He was absent for the Blues'European defeat at the Italian side, but that was the team easing him back carefully so he should be fresh for the Toffees.

Dango Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds (h)

Leeds enter this game following two strong home results against the Blues and Liverpool, but away from home they have conceded three times for every one they've scored.

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

He's been superb for Brentford this season, and has 5 goal contributions in his past three home matches.

Forwards

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

It's been a frustrating last few weeks for the striker FPL managers, with just 3 points in two games.

However, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the division and has seven goals in 7 home games. He's the prime striker choice for this round and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget until the end of January at the very least.

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

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

He performed great at the beginning of the season and you wonder what he would have done had Alexander Isak not arrived and competed with him for minutes at centre-forward.

Substitutes

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