Selecting the Top 3 Arsenal Picks to Choose v Wolverhampton? FPL Team of the Week
One key decision in the Fantasy Premier League squad of the gameweek is to select zero Manchester City players - indeed, even Haaland!
Our budget are required to load up on Gunners assets as they welcome one of the poorest teams in Premier League recent memory.
Yes, Manchester City smashed a total of 5 goals on their last away trip, but now they take on Palace, who have the second-best defence in the league for goals allowed and fourth-strongest in terms of xGC.
And Arsenal home to Wolves is the sort of fixture you just have to target - the top team in the division against one devoid of momentum, quality and confidence.
This team of the gameweek is picked using current FPL valuations to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit chip.
Performance of Last Week's Lineup Perform?
The captain didn't deliver but high points from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (14), Phil Foden (12) and Tarkowski (9), plus a lucky sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance produced a monster eighty-three points total. Success!
Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Gameweek for Fixture 16
Keeper and Defence
Robin Roefs, the Black Cats, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (home)
The first derby in the top flight for eight years is likely to be loud, passionate, combative - and it may prove to be one of those games that is full of tension but minimal clear chances.
Which would make Roefs, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a good shout.
Ben White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolves (h)
An Arsenal defender is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolves have one goal away from home this season and one in their last six fixtures.
Ben White is a great attacking option when he gets his opportunity. Having started the past two games at full-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against the Bees and tops the way in that time among Gunners defenders with two big chances created, 2 shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.
Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - Everton (h)
The Toffees are unpredictable so this selection is focused more on the Blues'defence and Cucurella upside.
Chelsea have the fourth-best defence while he 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 - the Cherries (home)
You shouldn't have great expectations for a United clean sheet - they have one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'scoring have slowed down in the past two games.
Crucially, the Portuguese defender has been occupying some incredibly advanced roles as left wing-back in the last 3 games.
In those matches he's had 4 attempts, two big chances, one goal and an assist. He missed a great chance at Wolverhampton on Monday night as well.
Midfielders
Saka (C), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolves (home)
This game against Wolverhampton is too tempting to ignore and that renders Bukayo Saka, Arsenaltop offensive asset a must-have.
No stats required to support this pick. United had 27 attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday night, netted four and might have had double that.
The Gunners will be licking their lips.
Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (home)
One point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly consistent for Arsenal.
With more license to attack this term, he's generated more opportunities than any Arsenal teammate (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.
He's also the surest bet for minutes as Mikel Arteta could see this fixture as a opportunity to rest his players.
Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (home)
The Portuguese playmaker might have replaced Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfield asset.
Fixture-proof, consistently a candidate for defensive contribution points and with several ways to FPL returns.
Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (home)
This week's punt, Cole Palmer has his first full ninety minutes under his belt after a long injury and we know what an high-scoring FPL asset he is capable of being.
You get the feeling that, as soon as he has a single strong performance, FPL managers will be flocking to sign him up.
He missed ChelseaEuropean defeat at Atalanta, but that was the team managing his minutes so he should be well-rested for the Toffees.
Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds (h)
Leeds United enter this game off the back of two great home performances against the Blues and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three times for each one they've scored.
This is likely the winger's last match before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.
He has been excellent for Brentford this season, and has five goal contributions in his last three home matches.
Forwards
Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds (h)
It's been a disappointing last few weeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only 3 FPL points in two games.
However, he's the second-highest top scorer in the league and has 7 goals in 7 fixtures at home. He's the best forward option for this round and, with a kind run of games, you can set and forget up until the January window at the very least.
Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton (h)
Surely the manager continues to start with the young striker, after his brace haul at Leeds United.
He performed strongly at the beginning of the season and you can't help but think what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not been signed and competed with him for minutes at the number nine role.
Substitutes
- Martin Dubravka, Burnley, £4m - Fulham ({h|home