Selecting the Three Arsenal Assets to Pick v Wolverhampton? FPL Team of the Week

One big move in this Fantasy Premier League team of the gameweek is to go with no City players - indeed, that includes Haaland!

Our budget is required to invest heavily on Arsenal players as they host among the most struggling sides in Premier League recent memory.

It's true, Manchester City smashed a total of five times on their most recent away fixture, but now they face Crystal Palace, a side with the second-best defensive record in the league for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of xGC.

And Arsenal hosting Wolverhampton is the type of fixture you need to exploit - the best team in the division against one lacking of form, technical ability and self-belief.

This squad of the gameweek is chosen based on current prices to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit chip.

Performance of The Previous Squad Do?

The captain didn't deliver but strong points from Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (14), Foden (12) and James Tarkowski (nine), plus a lucky 16-point Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo resulted in a huge eighty-three points total. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week for Gameweek 16

Keeper and Defence

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

This long-awaited derby in the Premier League for eight years is set to be noisy, passionate, combative - and it might be one of those matches that is full of tension but little goalmouth action.

A scenario that would make the Sunderland keeper, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a good shout.

Ben White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolves (h)

An Gunners defensive asset is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolverhampton have one goal away from home this season and a single goal in their last 6 matches.

White is a fantastic attacking option when he is given his chance. Having started the last two at right-back, had a fourteen-point return against the Bees and leads the way in that period among Gunners defenders with 2 key passes, 2 shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

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

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

Chelsea have the fourth-best defensive record while Cucurella has generated more opportunities (19) than any other defender in the league.

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

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

You can't have great expectations for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'goals have dried up in the past two games.

More importantly, Dalot has been occupying some very attacking positions as a wing-back in the past three games.

During that spell he's had four attempts, two big chances, a goal and an assist. He also missed a cracking opportunity at Wolves on Monday night too.

Midfielders

Bukayo Saka (captain), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

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

Little statistical analysis required to support this pick. Manchester United had 27 attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday, netted 4 and might have had double that.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (home)

One point behind Bruno Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is incredibly reliable for Arsenal.

More attacking this term, he's generated more opportunities than any Arsenal teammate (27) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the most reliable for game time as the manager might view this fixture as a opportunity to rotate his squad.

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

The Portuguese playmaker may have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the essential FPL midfield asset.

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

Cole Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (home)

This week's differential pick, Palmer has his first full ninety minutes under his belt after a long layoff and we are aware what an explosive fantasy player he is capable of being.

You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, fantasy coaches will be flocking to bring him in.

He missed the Blues'European loss at Atalanta, but that was the team managing his minutes so he ought to be fresh for the Toffees.

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

Leeds enter this game following two strong home results against the Blues and the Reds, but away from home they have let in three times for every one they've scored.

This is probably Ouattara final fixture before departing for the AFCON.

He has been excellent for the Bees this season, and has 5 attacking returns in his past three fixtures at home.

Strikers

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

It's been a disappointing last few weeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only three FPL points in two matches.

However, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the league and has seven goals in 7 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 the very least.

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

Surely Arne Slot continues to start with the young striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds.

He was strongly at the start of the season and you can't help but think what he could have achieved had a rival striker not been signed and competed with him for playing time at centre-forward.

Subs' Bench

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