Which Three Arsenal Assets to Select v Wolves? FPL Team of the Week

One key move in the Fantasy Premier League squad of the week involves select no City players - and yes, even Erling Haaland!

The funds is needed to invest heavily on Arsenal players as they welcome one of the poorest sides in English top-flight recent memory.

It's true, Manchester City smashed in five goals on their most recent away trip, but now they face Palace, who have the second-best defensive record in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of xGC.

And the Gunners home to Wolverhampton is the sort of fixture you just have to target - the leading side in the league against one devoid of form, quality and confidence.

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

How did Last Week's Team Do?

The captain didn't deliver but big hauls from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (14), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (9), along with a lucky 16-point Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance produced a huge eighty-three points total. Success!

FPL Lineup of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Defensive Picks

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

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

A scenario that would render Roefs, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent shout.

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

An Arsenal defender is a essential pick this week. Wolves have one goal scored away from home so far and one in their last 6 matches.

White is a great offensive threat when he gets his chance. He started the last two games at full-back, had a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and leads the way 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 - Everton (home)

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

Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defensive record while he has generated more opportunities (19) than any defender in the division.

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

Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - the Cherries (home)

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

More importantly, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some incredibly advanced roles as a wing-back in the past 3 fixtures.

In those matches he's had four attempts, 2 clear opportunities, a goal and an assist. He missed a great opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday night as well.

Midfielders

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

This fixture against Wolverhampton is too tempting to ignore and that makes Bukayo Saka, Arsenaltop offensive asset a must-have.

Little statistical analysis needed to support this pick. Manchester United had 27 attempts at Wolves on Monday, netted 4 and could have had twice as many.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)

Just a single point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Declan Rice is so reliable for the Gunners.

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

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

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

The Portuguese playmaker may have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfielder.

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

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

This gameweek's differential pick, Palmer has his first 90 minutes under his belt after a long injury and we know what an explosive FPL asset he is capable of being.

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

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

Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds (home)

Leeds enter this match off the back of two strong home results against Chelsea and Liverpool, but on the road they have conceded three goals for every one they've scored.

This is probably the winger's last fixture before heading to the AFCON.

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

Forwards

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

It's been a disappointing couple of weeks for the striker FPL managers, with only three FPL points in two games.

Nevertheless, he's the second goal scorer in the league and has 7 goals in seven fixtures at home. He is the best striker choice this week and, with a favourable run of games, you can set and forget until the end of January at the very least.

Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton (home)

Surely the manager keeps faith with the young Frenchman, after his brace haul at Leeds.

He was well at the start of the campaign and you can't help but think what he would have done had Alexander Isak not arrived and competed with him for playing time at the number nine role.

The Bench

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