Selecting the Three Gunners Players to Choose v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Gameweek

The major call in the FPL team of the week is to opt for no City assets - and yes, that includes Haaland!

The funds are needed to invest heavily on Gunners assets as they face at home one of the poorest sides in Premier League recent memory.

It's true, Manchester City scored a total of five goals on their most recent away trip, but this time they take on Crystal Palace, who have the second-best defensive record in the division for goals conceded and fourth-best in relation of expected goals conceded.

And the Gunners hosting Wolverhampton is the sort of match-up you must exploit - the best side in the league against one devoid of form, quality and confidence.

The lineup of the gameweek is selected using current valuations to fit within a £100m limit, as if you were using a Free Hit.

How did The Previous Team Perform?

The captain didn't deliver but high hauls from Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (12) and Tarkowski (9), plus a lucky sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance produced a huge 83 points total. Success!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week for Gameweek 16

Goalkeeper & Defenders

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

The first Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League for eight years is set to be loud, fiery, combative - and it could be one of those tight matches that is all drama but little clear chances.

Which would render the Sunderland keeper, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent option.

Ben White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

An Arsenal defensive asset is a essential pick this week. Wolverhampton have one goal on the road this season and a single goal in their past six matches.

White is a great offensive threat when he is given his chance. He started the past two at right-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against the Bees and tops the way in that period among Gunners defensive players with 2 big chances created, two attempts inside the area and an xGI of 0.7.

Marc Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - Everton (home)

Everton are erratic so this selection is more about the Blues'defence and Cucurella potential.

Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defence while he has generated more chances (nineteen) than any other defensive player in the division.

And he hasn't scored yet, having netted five goals last season.

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

You shouldn't have high hopes for a United shutout - they have just one this entire campaign - but Bournemouthgoals have dried up in the last two matches.

Crucially, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some very advanced roles as a wing-back in the last 3 fixtures.

During that spell he's had 4 attempts, two big chances, one goal and one assist. He missed a great opportunity at Wolves on Monday night too.

Midfield

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

This fixture against Wolves is too good to pass up and that renders Saka, Arsenaltop offensive asset essential.

No stats required to support this pick. United had twenty-seven attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday night, scored 4 and might have had double that.

The Gunners will be keen to attack.

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

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

With more license to attack this season, he's generated more chances than any other Gunners player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.

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

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

Fernandes may have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfielder.

Fixture-proof, consistently a shout for defensive bonus points and with several ways to FPL returns.

Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (h)

This week's punt, Palmer has his first 90 minutes since returning after a lengthy injury and we know what an explosive FPL asset he is capable of being.

You sense that, as soon as he has a single strong performance, fantasy coaches will be flocking to bring him in.

He was absent for ChelseaChampions League loss at the Italian side, but that was the team managing his minutes so he ought to be well-rested for Everton.

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

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

This is probably Ouattara last fixture before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He has been superb for the Bees this season, and has five goal contributions in his past 3 fixtures at home.

Strikers

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

It has been a frustrating couple of weeks for Thiago FPL managers, with just 3 points in two matches.

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

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

Surely the manager continues to start with the young Frenchman, after his two-goal haul at Leeds.

He performed great at the beginning of the season and you wonder what he would have done had Alexander Isak not been signed and competed with him for playing time at centre-forward.

Subs' Bench

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