Which Three Arsenal Players to Pick v Wolves? FPL Squad of the Gameweek

One big call in the Fantasy Premier League team of the gameweek involves select no Manchester City assets - and yes, that includes Haaland!

The budget is needed to go all-in on Arsenal assets as they welcome among the worst teams in English top-flight history.

Yes, City smashed a total of 5 times on their most recent away trip, but this time they meet Palace, who have the second-strongest defence in the division for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in terms of xGC.

And Arsenal home to Wolverhampton is the type of match-up you just have to exploit - the leading side in the league against one lacking of momentum, technical ability and self-belief.

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

Performance of Last Week's Squad Do?

No captain return but big points from Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (nine), along with a fortunate 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance produced a huge eighty-three points. Success!

FPL Team of the Week for Gameweek 16

Goalkeeper & Defenders

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

The first Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight for eight years is going to be noisy, passionate, combative - and it could be one of those tight matches that is full of tension but minimal clear chances.

Which would make the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a good option.

White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (home)

An Arsenal defender is a must for this fixture. Wolves have one goal away from home so far and one in their past six fixtures.

Ben White is a great attacking option when he gets his chance. Having started the last two at right-back, had a fourteen-point return against Brentford and leads the charts in that period among Gunners defensive players with 2 key passes, 2 attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

Marc Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)

Everton are inconsistent so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defence and Cucurella upside.

The London club have the fourth-best defence while Cucurella has generated more opportunities (19) than any other defender in the division.

And he is yet to score yet, after scoring five goals the previous campaign.

Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (home)

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

More importantly, Dalot has been getting in some very attacking positions as a wing-back in the last 3 fixtures.

During that spell he's had 4 shots, 2 big chances, one goal and one assist. He also missed a cracking opportunity at Wolves on Monday too.

Midfield Picks

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

This fixture against Wolverhampton is too juicy to ignore and that makes Bukayo Saka, the Gunners'best attacking player essential.

Little statistical analysis required to back this up. United had twenty-seven attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday, netted 4 and could have had double that.

The Gunners will be keen to attack.

Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolves (home)

One point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly reliable for the Gunners.

More attacking this season, he's created more opportunities than any other Arsenal player (27) and has five assists to show for it.

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

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

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

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

Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - the Toffees (home)

This gameweek's differential pick, Palmer has his first full 90 minutes under his belt after a long injury and we know what an explosive fantasy player he is capable of being.

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

He was absent for ChelseaEuropean defeat at Atalanta, but that was the club managing his minutes so he ought to be well-rested for Everton.

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

Leeds come into this game off the back of two strong home results against Chelsea and Liverpool, but on the road they have let in three goals for each one they've netted.

This is probably the winger's last fixture before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He's been outstanding for the Bees this season, and has 5 goal contributions in his past 3 fixtures at home.

Strikers

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

It's been a frustrating couple of gameweeks for the striker owners, with just three FPL points in two games.

However, he's the second-highest top scorer in the league and has seven goals in 7 home games. He is the top forward option this week and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget until the January window at the very least.

Hugo Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton (home)

Surely the manager keeps faith with the promising striker, after his two-goal haul at Leeds.

He was great at the beginning of the campaign and you can't help but think what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not been signed and competed with him for playing time at centre-forward.

Substitutes

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