Selecting the Top 3 Gunners Assets to Select v Wolverhampton? FPL Team of the Week

The major decision in this FPL squad of the week involves go with no City assets - indeed, even Haaland!

The budget is essential to load up on Gunners players as they host among the most struggling sides in Premier League history.

It's true, Manchester City smashed a total of five times on their most recent away trip, but now they take on Palace, who have the second-best defence in the league for goals allowed and fourth-best in terms of xGC.

And Arsenal home to Wolves is the sort of match-up you must exploit - the best team in the league against one lacking of momentum, technical ability and self-belief.

This lineup of the week is selected using current FPL valuations to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit chip.

Performance of Last Week's Lineup Fare?

No captain return but strong hauls from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (14), Foden (12) and James Tarkowski (9), plus a fortunate sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance resulted in a huge eighty-three points. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Team of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Defensive Picks

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

The first Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League for eight years is going to be noisy, passionate, combative - and it may prove to be one of those matches that is full of tension but little clear chances.

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

White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (h)

An Arsenal defensive asset is a must this week. Wolverhampton have one goal scored on the road this season and a single goal in their past six fixtures.

White is a excellent offensive threat when he is given his opportunity. He started the last two games at full-back, registered a 14-point return against Brentford and leads the charts in that period among Gunners defensive players with 2 key passes, 2 attempts inside the area and an xGI of 0.7.

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

The Toffees are unpredictable so this pick is focused more on Chelseadefensive solidity and the Spaniard's potential.

The London club have the fourth-strongest defensive record while he has created more chances (19) than any other defender in the division.

And he hasn't scored yet, having netted five goals the previous campaign.

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

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

Crucially, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some very attacking positions as a wing-back in the past three fixtures.

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

Midfield

Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

This fixture against Wolves is too good to pass up and that renders Bukayo Saka, the Gunners'best attacking player essential.

Little statistical analysis needed to support this pick. United had twenty-seven shots at Wolves on Monday, netted four and might have had double that.

The Gunners will be rubbing their hands.

Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (home)

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

With more license to attack this season, he's generated more chances than any Arsenal teammate (27) and has five assists to his name.

He's also the most reliable for game time as Mikel Arteta might view this as a chance to rest his players.

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

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

Match-up proof, always a candidate for defensive bonus points and with several routes to FPL returns.

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

This gameweek's differential pick, Palmer has his first 90 minutes under his belt after a lengthy injury and we are aware what an explosive FPL asset he can be.

You sense that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in.

He missed ChelseaEuropean loss at Atalanta, but that was the club managing his minutes so he ought to be fresh for Everton.

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

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

This is likely the winger's final fixture before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.

He has been excellent for the Bees this season, and has five attacking returns in his past 3 fixtures at home.

Strikers

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

It's been a frustrating couple of weeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only 3 points in two games.

Nevertheless, he's the second goal scorer in the league and has 7 strikes in 7 fixtures at home. He's the top forward option for this round and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget up until the end of January at least.

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

It is expected that the manager continues to start with the promising Frenchman, after his brace performance at Leeds.

He performed great at the beginning 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 the number nine role.

The Bench

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