Selecting the Three Arsenal Assets to Pick v Wolves? FPL Team of the Week
One big decision in the FPL lineup of the week is to go with no City players - indeed, that includes Erling Haaland!
The funds are needed to invest heavily on Gunners assets as they host one of the poorest teams in English top-flight history.
It's true, Manchester City smashed a total of five goals on their most recent away trip, but this time they meet Palace, who have the second-best defensive record in the division for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in terms of xGC.
And Arsenal home to Wolves is the type of fixture you just have to attack - the best team in the division against one lacking of form, quality and confidence.
The lineup of the week is chosen using current FPL prices to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit chip.
How did The Previous Lineup Fare?
The captain didn't deliver but big hauls from Bruno Fernandes (18), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (nine), plus a fortunate sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo produced a huge eighty-three points. Success!
FPL Squad of the Gameweek for Gameweek 16
Keeper and Defence
Robin Roefs, the Black Cats, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h)
The first derby in the Premier League since 2016 is going to be loud, passionate, combative - and it might be one of those tight games that is all drama but little goalmouth action.
Which would make Roefs, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent pick.
White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (h)
An Gunners defender is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolves have just one goal scored on the road this season and a single goal in their past 6 matches.
White is a great offensive threat when he gets his opportunity. Having started the last two games at right-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against the Bees and tops the way in that time among Gunners defenders with 2 big chances created, two attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.
Marc Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)
Everton are erratic so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defence and the Spaniard's potential.
The London club have the fourth-best defence while Cucurella has generated more opportunities (19) than any other defensive player in the division.
And he is yet to score this season, having netted five goals last season.
Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (home)
You can't have great expectations for a United clean sheet - they have one this entire campaign - but Bournemouthgoals have dried up in the past two games.
More importantly, Dalot has been getting in some incredibly advanced roles as left wing-back in the last 3 fixtures.
During that spell he's taken four shots, two big chances, one goal and an assist. He also missed a cracking chance at Wolves on Monday as well.
Midfield Picks
Saka (C), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolves (home)
This fixture against Wolves is too juicy to pass up and that makes Bukayo Saka, Arsenalbest offensive asset a must-have.
Little statistical analysis needed to back this up. United had 27 shots at Wolverhampton on Monday night, netted 4 and might have had double that.
The Gunners will be licking their lips.
Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (home)
Just a single point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is so consistent for Arsenal.
More advanced this season, he's created more opportunities than any Gunners player (27) and has five assists to show for it.
He's also the surest bet for minutes as Mikel Arteta could see this as a chance to rest his squad.
Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - the Cherries (h)
The Portuguese playmaker might have replaced Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfielder.
Fixture-proof, always a shout for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to FPL returns.
Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - the Toffees (h)
This gameweek's punt, Palmer has his first full 90 minutes since returning after a long injury and we know what an explosive fantasy player he is capable of being.
You sense that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, fantasy coaches will be flocking to bring him in.
He missed ChelseaChampions League defeat at Atalanta, but that was the club easing him back carefully so he ought to be fresh for Everton.
Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds (h)
Leeds United come into this match off the back of two great home performances against the Blues and the Reds, but on the road they have let in three goals for every one they've netted.
This is probably Ouattara final match before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.
He has been superb for Brentford this term, and has 5 attacking returns in his past 3 home matches.
Attack
Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds United (h)
It has been a frustrating couple of weeks for Thiago owners, with only 3 points in two games.
Nevertheless, he's the second goal scorer in the division and has 7 goals in seven home games. He is the prime forward option for this round and, with a favourable run of games, you can set and forget until the January window at least.
Hugo Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
Surely Arne Slot continues to start with the young striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds United.
He performed strongly at the beginning of the season and you wonder what he could have achieved had a rival striker not arrived and challenged him for minutes at the number nine role.
The Bench
- Martin Dubravka, Burnley, £4m - the Cottagers ({h|home
