Selecting the Top 3 Gunners Picks to Select v Wolves? Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Week

One big move in the Fantasy Premier League team of the gameweek involves select no City assets - indeed, even Erling Haaland!

Our budget is needed to invest heavily on Arsenal players as they welcome among the worst sides in English top-flight recent memory.

Yes, Manchester City scored in five times on their most recent away fixture, but this time they meet Crystal Palace, a side with the second-strongest defensive record in the league for goals allowed and fourth-best in terms of xGC.

And Arsenal home to Wolverhampton is the kind of fixture you must target - the top side in the division against one devoid of form, technical ability and confidence.

The team of the week is chosen based on current valuations to fit within a £100m limit, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Team Fare?

No captain return but strong scores from Bruno Fernandes (18), Ruben Dias (14), Foden (12) and Tarkowski (nine), along with a fortunate 16-point Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo resulted in a monster eighty-three points. Success!

Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Goalkeeper & Defenders

Robin Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h)

The first Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League for eight years is going to be loud, passionate, combative - and it could be one of those games that is full of tension but minimal clear chances.

Which would render the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent option.

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

An Arsenal defensive asset is a essential pick this week. Wolverhampton have one goal on the road so far and a single goal in their last 6 fixtures.

White is a fantastic offensive threat when he gets his opportunity. Having started the past two games at right-back, had a fourteen-point haul against the Bees and leads the way in that time among Gunners defenders with 2 big chances created, two shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.

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

Everton are erratic so this pick is more about Chelseadefence and Cucurella potential.

The London club have the fourth-strongest defence while he has generated more opportunities (nineteen) than any defender in the league.

And he hasn't scored this season, after scoring five times last season.

Diogo Dalot, United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (h)

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

More importantly, the Portuguese defender has been occupying some incredibly advanced roles as a wing-back in the past 3 games.

In those matches he's taken 4 attempts, two clear opportunities, a goal and one assist. He also missed a cracking opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday as well.

Midfield

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

This game against Wolves is too good to ignore and that renders Saka, the Gunners'top attacking player a must-have.

Little statistical analysis required to support this pick. United had twenty-seven shots at Wolves on Monday night, scored four and could have had double that.

The Gunners will be licking their lips.

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

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

With more license to attack this term, he's generated more chances than any Gunners player (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 chance to rotate his squad.

Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (h)

The Portuguese playmaker might have taken over from Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfield asset.

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

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

This week's punt, Cole Palmer has his first full 90 minutes since returning after a long injury and we know what an high-scoring fantasy player he is capable of being.

You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers will be rushing to bring him in.

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

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

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

This is probably Ouattara last fixture before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.

He has been superb for the Bees this term, and has five attacking returns in his past 3 home matches.

Attack

Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds (h)

It has been a frustrating last few gameweeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only three FPL points in two games.

However, he's the second-highest top scorer in the league and has seven goals in seven fixtures at home. He is the top striker choice for this round and, with a kind fixture list, you can select and hold until the end of January at least.

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

It is expected that Arne Slot continues to start with the promising striker, after his brace haul at Leeds United.

He was strongly at the start of the campaign and you can't help but think what he would have done had a rival striker not arrived and challenged him for playing time at centre-forward.

Subs' Bench

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