Selecting the Three Gunners Picks to Choose v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Team of the Gameweek
The big move in the FPL lineup of the week is to opt for zero Manchester City assets - and yes, that includes Erling Haaland!
The budget is essential to invest heavily on Arsenal players as they face at home one of the worst sides in Premier League recent memory.
It's true, Manchester City scored in five goals on their last away fixture, but now they meet Palace, a side with the second-best defensive record in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in terms of expected goals conceded.
And the Gunners hosting Wolves is the sort of match-up you need to target - the best team in the league against one lacking of form, technical ability and self-belief.
This lineup of the gameweek is selected using current prices to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.
How did The Previous Team Perform?
No captain return but big scores from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (9), along with a lucky sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance resulted in a monster eighty-three points. Boom!
FPL Lineup of the Gameweek for Gameweek 16
Keeper and Defence
Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h)
This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League for eight years is going to be noisy, passionate, feisty - and it could be one of those tight games that is all drama but minimal goalmouth action.
Which would render Roefs, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a decent pick.
Ben White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (h)
An Gunners defender is a must this week. Wolverhampton have just one goal scored away from home this season and one in their past 6 matches.
White is a fantastic attacking option when he gets his chance. Having started the last two games at right-back, registered a 14-point return against the Bees and leads the way in that time among Gunners defenders with two key passes, 2 attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.
Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)
Everton are erratic so this selection is focused more on Chelseadefensive solidity and the Spaniard's upside.
The London club have the fourth-strongest defensive record while he has created more chances (19) than any defensive player in the league.
And he is yet to score yet, having netted five times last season.
Diogo Dalot, United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (home)
You can't have high hopes for a United clean sheet - they have one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'scoring have dried up in the past two matches.
More importantly, Dalot has been occupying some incredibly attacking positions as a wing-back in the past 3 games.
In those matches he's taken four shots, 2 clear opportunities, a goal and an assist. He missed a cracking chance at Wolves on Monday as well.
Midfield Picks
Saka (C), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolves (h)
This game against Wolverhampton is too tempting to ignore and that renders Bukayo Saka, Arsenaltop offensive asset a must-have.
Little statistical analysis needed to support this pick. United had twenty-seven attempts at Wolves on Monday night, netted 4 and could have had twice as many.
Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.
Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)
One point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is so consistent for the Gunners.
With more license to attack this term, he's generated more opportunities than any Gunners player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.
He's also the most reliable for game time as the manager might view this as a chance to rotate his squad.
Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - the Cherries (h)
The Portuguese playmaker may have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the must-own Fantasy Premier League midfielder.
Fixture-proof, always a candidate for defensive bonus points and with several ways to FPL returns.
Cole Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (home)
This gameweek's punt, Cole Palmer has his first 90 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 bring him in.
He missed the Blues'Champions League loss at Atalanta, but that was the club easing him back carefully so he ought to be fresh for Everton.
Dango Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds (home)
Leeds United come into this match following two great home results against Chelsea and the Reds, but away from home they have conceded three times for every one they've scored.
This is likely the winger's final fixture before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.
He's been outstanding for the Bees this term, and has five attacking returns in his last three home matches.
Strikers
Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds United (h)
It has been a frustrating last few gameweeks for Thiago owners, with only 3 points in two matches.
However, he's the second top scorer in the division and has seven goals in 7 fixtures at home. He is the best forward option this week and, with a favourable run of games, you can set and forget until the end of January at the very least.
Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton (home)
Surely Arne Slot continues to start with the young striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds United.
He was well at the beginning of the campaign and you wonder what he could have achieved had a rival striker not arrived and challenged him for minutes at centre-forward.
The Bench
- Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - Fulham ({h|home
