Which Three Gunners Players to Pick v Wolves? Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Gameweek

The big move in the FPL lineup of the gameweek is to opt for zero Manchester City assets - indeed, that includes Haaland!

The budget is essential to invest heavily on Gunners assets as they face at home one of the poorest teams in Premier League history.

It's true, Manchester City scored a total of five goals on their most recent away fixture, but now they take on Palace, a side with the second-strongest defence in the league for goals allowed and fourth-strongest in terms of xGC.

And the Gunners home to Wolves is the type of encounter you need to target - the leading side in the division against one lacking of form, quality and self-belief.

The team of the week is selected based on current FPL prices to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit chip.

Performance of Last Week's Squad Perform?

No captain return but strong scores from Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (12) and Tarkowski (9), plus a fortunate sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance resulted in a monster eighty-three points. Success!

FPL Lineup of the Gameweek for Gameweek 16

Defensive Picks

Robin Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (home)

The first Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight since 2016 is going to be noisy, passionate, combative - and it may prove to be one of those games that is all drama but little clear chances.

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

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

An Arsenal defensive asset is a essential pick this week. Wolverhampton have just one goal away from home so far and one in their last 6 matches.

Ben White is a great attacking option when he gets his chance. He started the past two at full-back, registered a 14-point return against Brentford and tops the charts in that time among Gunners defenders with 2 key passes, two shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

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

The Toffees are unpredictable so this selection is more about the Blues'defence and Cucurella upside.

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

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

Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - the Cherries (home)

You shouldn't have high hopes for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'goals have slowed down in the past two matches.

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

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

Midfield Picks

Saka (C), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

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

No stats needed to back this up. United had twenty-seven shots at Wolverhampton on Monday night, netted 4 and might have had twice as many.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

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

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

More attacking this season, he's generated more chances than any other Arsenal teammate (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the surest bet for minutes as the manager might view this as a opportunity to rotate his players.

Fernandes, United, £9m - Bournemouth (h)

The Portuguese playmaker might have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the essential FPL midfield asset.

Fixture-proof, consistently a candidate for defensive bonus points and with multiple ways to points.

Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (h)

This week's differential pick, Cole Palmer has his first full ninety minutes since returning after a lengthy layoff and we know what an explosive fantasy player he is capable of being.

You sense that, as soon as he has one good game, fantasy coaches will be rushing to sign him up.

He missed ChelseaChampions League defeat at Atalanta, but that was the club easing him back carefully so he should be fresh for the Toffees.

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

Leeds enter this match following two great home performances against the Blues and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three goals for each one they've netted.

This is likely the winger's final fixture before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He's been excellent for Brentford this term, and has 5 attacking returns in his last three fixtures at home.

Forwards

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

It's been a frustrating last few gameweeks for the striker owners, with only three points in two matches.

However, he's the second top scorer in the league and has 7 strikes in seven home games. He's the prime forward option for this round and, with a kind run of games, you can select and hold up until the January window at least.

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

Surely the manager continues to start with the young striker, after his brace haul at Leeds.

He performed great at the start of the campaign and you can't help but think what he could have achieved had a rival striker not arrived and competed with him for minutes at centre-forward.

The Bench

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