Which Three Gunners Assets to Select v Wolverhampton? FPL Squad of the Gameweek

One key move in the Fantasy Premier League team of the gameweek involves select zero City players - indeed, that includes Haaland!

The funds is needed to go all-in on Gunners assets as they host among the poorest teams in English top-flight history.

It's true, City scored a total of 5 goals on their last away trip, but this time they face Crystal Palace, a side with the second-best defensive record in the league for goals allowed and fourth-best in terms of xGC.

And Arsenal home to Wolverhampton is the sort of match-up you need to attack - the leading side in the division against one devoid of form, technical ability and self-belief.

The lineup of the week is selected using current valuations to stay under a £100m limit, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

How did The Previous Squad Perform?

The captain didn't deliver but high scores from Bruno Fernandes (18), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Foden (12) and James Tarkowski (9), along with a fortunate 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo led to a monster 83 points. Success!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Gameweek for Gameweek 16

Defensive Picks

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

The first Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight for eight years is set to be loud, fiery, feisty - and it may prove to be one of those tight matches that is all drama but little clear chances.

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

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

An Gunners defensive asset is a must this week. Wolverhampton have one goal away from home so far and one in their last six fixtures.

Ben White is a fantastic attacking option when he gets his chance. Having started the last two games at full-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and leads the charts in that time among Gunners defenders with 2 key passes, 2 attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

Marc Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (home)

The Toffees are inconsistent so this selection is more about the Blues'defensive solidity and the Spaniard's potential.

The London club have the fourth-strongest defensive record while Cucurella has created more chances (19) than any defensive player in the league.

And he is yet to score this season, having netted five times the previous campaign.

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

You can't have great expectations for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have one all season - but Bournemouthscoring have slowed down in the last two matches.

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

During that spell he's taken four attempts, two big chances, one goal and an assist. He missed a cracking chance at Wolves on Monday as well.

Midfield

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

This game against Wolverhampton is too good to pass up and that makes Bukayo Saka, Arsenalbest offensive asset essential.

No stats required to support this pick. Manchester 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.

Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (h)

One point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is incredibly consistent for the Gunners.

More attacking this season, he's created more chances than any other Gunners player (27) and has five assists to his name.

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

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

Fernandes may have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the essential FPL midfielder.

Match-up proof, consistently a candidate for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to FPL returns.

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

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

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

He was absent for ChelseaEuropean loss at the Italian side, but that was the club managing his minutes so he should be well-rested for the Toffees.

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

Leeds United enter this game off the back of two great home performances against the Blues and the Reds, but away from home they have conceded three times for each one they've scored.

This is probably Ouattara final match before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He has been outstanding for Brentford this season, and has five goal contributions in his past three home matches.

Forwards

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

It's been a frustrating couple of weeks for the striker FPL managers, with just 3 FPL points in two games.

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

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

Surely Arne Slot continues to start with the promising striker, after his brace performance at Leeds.

He performed well at the beginning of the campaign and you can't help but think what he would have done had Alexander Isak not arrived and challenged him for playing time at centre-forward.

The Bench

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