Selecting the Top 3 Gunners Picks to Choose v Wolverhampton? FPL Squad of the Week
The major move in the FPL team of the week is to go with zero Manchester City players - and yes, that includes Haaland!
The funds is essential to go all-in on Arsenal assets as they welcome one of the poorest teams in English top-flight recent memory.
It's true, City smashed a total of five goals on their last away trip, but now they meet Palace, a side with the second-best defence in the league for goals allowed and fourth-strongest in relation of expected goals conceded.
And Arsenal hosting Wolverhampton is the type of fixture you need to target - the best team in the league against one lacking of form, technical ability and self-belief.
The squad of the gameweek is selected using current FPL prices to fit within a £100m limit, as if you were using a Free Hit.
Performance of The Previous Squad Fare?
No captain return but big points from Fernandes (18), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (nine), along with a fortunate 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo produced a monster 83 points. Boom!
FPL Squad of the Week for Gameweek 16
Defensive Picks
Robin Roefs, the Black Cats, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (h)
The first Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight for eight years is likely to be noisy, fiery, feisty - and it could be one of those games that is full of tension but minimal goalmouth action.
Which would render Roefs, ranked third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a good option.
Ben White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolves (home)
An Arsenal defensive asset is a must for this fixture. Wolverhampton have one goal scored on the road this season and a single goal in their last six fixtures.
White is a great attacking option when he is given his chance. Having started the last two games at right-back, registered a 14-point return against the Bees and tops the way in that time among Arsenal 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 selection is more about the Blues'defence and Cucurella potential.
Chelsea 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 this season, having netted five goals the previous campaign.
Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (home)
You can't have great hopes for a United clean sheet - they have one all season - but the Cherries'scoring have slowed down in the last two matches.
Crucially, Dalot has been occupying some incredibly advanced roles as left wing-back in the last 3 games.
In those matches he's taken four shots, 2 big chances, a goal and one assist. He missed a great chance at Wolverhampton on Monday night too.
Midfielders
Saka (C), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (home)
This fixture against Wolves is too tempting to pass up and that renders Bukayo Saka, Arsenalbest offensive asset essential.
No stats needed to support this pick. Manchester United had twenty-seven shots at Wolves on Monday night, netted four and could have had double that.
Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.
Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)
One point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Declan Rice is so reliable for Arsenal.
More advanced this season, he's generated more opportunities than any other Arsenal player (27) and has five assists to his name.
He's also the most reliable for minutes as the manager might view this as a chance to rotate his players.
Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - the Cherries (home)
Fernandes may have replaced Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfield asset.
Match-up proof, always a shout for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to FPL returns.
Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (home)
This gameweek's differential pick, Palmer has his first full ninety minutes under his belt after a long layoff and we know what an explosive fantasy player he is capable of being.
You get the feeling that, as soon as he has a single strong performance, fantasy coaches will be flocking to bring him in.
He was absent for the Blues'Champions League loss at the Italian side, but that was the team managing his minutes so he should be well-rested for the Toffees.
Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (home)
Leeds enter this match off the back of two great home performances against the Blues and Liverpool, but away from home they have let in three times for each one they've netted.
This is likely Ouattara last match before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.
He has been outstanding for the Bees this season, and has 5 attacking returns in his last three fixtures at home.
Strikers
Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds United (h)
It's been a frustrating last few weeks for the striker owners, with only 3 FPL points in two matches.
Nevertheless, he's the second goal scorer in the league and has seven goals in 7 home games. He is the best striker choice for this round and, with a kind run of games, you can select and hold until the January window at the very least.
Hugo Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
Surely Arne Slot continues to start with the young striker, after his brace haul at Leeds.
He performed strongly at the start of the season and you wonder what he would have done had a rival striker not been signed and competed with him for minutes at centre-forward.
Substitutes
- Martin Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - Fulham ({h|home
