Which Three Gunners Players to Pick v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Gameweek

One major call in the Fantasy Premier League team of the gameweek is to opt for no Manchester City players - indeed, that includes Erling Haaland!

The funds are needed to go all-in on Arsenal players as they face at home one of the worst sides in English top-flight history.

Yes, City scored a total of 5 times on their most recent away fixture, but this time they take on Palace, a side with the second-best defence in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in terms of xGC.

And Arsenal home to Wolves is the sort of fixture you need to target - the top side in the league against one devoid of momentum, quality and confidence.

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

How did The Previous Team Do?

The captain didn't deliver but big hauls from Fernandes (18), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (9), along with a lucky sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo produced a huge 83 points total. Boom!

FPL Squad of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Keeper and Defence

Roefs, the Black Cats, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h)

This long-awaited derby in the Premier League for eight years is likely to be noisy, passionate, feisty - and it might be one of those games that is all drama but little goalmouth action.

Which would render Roefs, ranked third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a good pick.

Ben White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

An Arsenal defensive asset is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolves have one goal scored on the road this season and one in their past 6 matches.

Ben White is a excellent attacking option when he gets his chance. Having started the last two games at full-back, had a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and leads the way in that period among Arsenal defensive players with 2 big chances created, 2 attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

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

The Toffees are inconsistent so this selection is focused more on the Blues'defensive solidity and Cucurella potential.

Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defence while he has generated more opportunities (19) than any defensive player in the league.

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

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

You shouldn't have high expectations for a United shutout - they have just one this entire campaign - but Bournemouthscoring have dried up in the past two games.

More importantly, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some incredibly attacking positions as a wing-back in the past 3 fixtures.

In those matches he's had four shots, 2 clear opportunities, one goal and one assist. He missed a great opportunity at Wolves on Monday night too.

Midfield Picks

Saka (C), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

This fixture against Wolves is too juicy to pass up and that renders Saka, the Gunners'best attacking player essential.

No stats needed to support this pick. Manchester United had 27 attempts at Wolves on Monday night, netted 4 and could have had double that.

The Gunners will be rubbing their hands.

Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)

Just a single point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly reliable for Arsenal.

More advanced this term, he's generated more opportunities than any other Gunners player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the surest bet for minutes as the manager could see this fixture as a opportunity to rotate his players.

Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - the Cherries (home)

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

Fixture-proof, consistently a shout for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to points.

Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - Everton (home)

This week's differential pick, Palmer has his first ninety minutes under his belt after a long injury and we are aware what an explosive fantasy player he can be.

You get the feeling that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, fantasy coaches will be flocking to sign him up.

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

Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds United (h)

Leeds enter this game off the back of two great home results against the Blues and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three times for every one they've scored.

This is probably the winger's final match before departing for the AFCON.

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

Attack

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

It has been a disappointing last few weeks for the striker FPL managers, with only 3 points in two matches.

Nevertheless, he's the second top scorer in the league and has 7 goals in seven fixtures at home. He's the top striker choice this week and, with a kind run of games, you can set and forget until the end of January at the very least.

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

Surely the manager keeps faith with the young Frenchman, after his brace haul at Leeds.

He was well at the start of the campaign and you wonder what he would have done had a rival striker not arrived and challenged him for playing time at the number nine role.

The Bench

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