Which Three Gunners Picks to Select v Wolves? Fantasy Premier League Team of the Week

The major decision in the Fantasy Premier League squad of the gameweek involves go with zero City players - indeed, even Erling Haaland!

The budget is needed to invest heavily on Gunners assets as they welcome among the poorest sides in Premier League recent memory.

Yes, City smashed a total of five goals on their most recent away fixture, but this time they take on Palace, who have the second-strongest defence in the league for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in relation of expected goals conceded.

And Arsenal hosting Wolverhampton is the kind of encounter you just have to exploit - the best team in the division against one devoid of form, technical ability and confidence.

The lineup of the week is chosen using current valuations to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit chip.

How did Last Week's Team Perform?

No captain return but strong hauls from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Foden (12) and James Tarkowski (9), plus a lucky sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo led to a monster eighty-three points total. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week for Gameweek 16

Keeper and Defence

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

This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight for eight years is set to be loud, passionate, feisty - and it may prove to be one of those matches that is all drama but minimal goalmouth action.

Which would make the Sunderland keeper, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a good pick.

White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (home)

An Arsenal defender is a must this week. Wolverhampton have just one goal scored away from home this season and one in their last six fixtures.

White is a great offensive threat when he gets his chance. Having started the last two games at full-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against the Bees and leads the charts in that period among Gunners defensive players with two key passes, two attempts inside the area and an xGI of 0.7.

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

Everton are unpredictable so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defence and Cucurella upside.

The London club have the fourth-best defence while Cucurella has generated more chances (nineteen) than any other defender in the division.

And he hasn't scored this season, after scoring five times the previous campaign.

Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (h)

You can't have great expectations for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but the Cherries'goals have slowed down in the last two matches.

More importantly, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some incredibly attacking positions as a wing-back in the past three games.

During that spell he's had 4 shots, two clear opportunities, a goal and one assist. He also missed a great opportunity at Wolves on Monday night too.

Midfield

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

This fixture against Wolves is too tempting to pass up and that makes Saka, the Gunners'top offensive asset essential.

No stats needed to back this up. Manchester United had 27 attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday night, netted 4 and might have had twice as many.

The Gunners will be licking their lips.

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

One point behind Bruno Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is so consistent for the Gunners.

With more license to attack this term, he's created more opportunities than any other Arsenal player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the surest bet for minutes as the manager could see this fixture as a chance to rest his squad.

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

Fernandes might have taken over from Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfield asset.

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

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

This week's punt, Cole Palmer has his first 90 minutes since returning after a long injury and we are aware what an high-scoring FPL asset he can be.

You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers 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 ought to be fresh for the Toffees.

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

Leeds enter this match following two strong home performances against Chelsea and Liverpool, but away from home they have conceded three times for each one they've netted.

This is likely Ouattara last fixture before departing for the AFCON.

He's been superb for Brentford this season, and has five goal contributions in his past 3 home matches.

Forwards

Igor Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds United (home)

It's been a disappointing couple of gameweeks for the striker owners, with only 3 points in two matches.

Nevertheless, he's the second goal scorer in the league and has 7 strikes in seven fixtures at home. He is the prime forward option for this round and, with a favourable run of games, you can select and hold up until the end of January at least.

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

Surely Arne Slot keeps faith with the promising Frenchman, after his two-goal haul at Leeds.

He performed well at the start of the season and you can't help but think what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not arrived and challenged him for playing time at the number nine role.

Subs' Bench

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