Selecting the Top 3 Arsenal Players to Select v Wolves? FPL Team of the Week

The key call in the FPL team of the week involves opt for zero Manchester City assets - indeed, even Haaland!

The funds is needed to load up on Arsenal players as they welcome among the poorest teams in English top-flight history.

It's true, Manchester City scored in five goals on their most recent away fixture, but this time they meet Palace, a side with the second-best defence in the league for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in terms of expected goals conceded.

And the Gunners hosting Wolverhampton is the sort of encounter you just have to exploit - the leading team in the league against one devoid of momentum, technical ability and confidence.

The lineup of the gameweek is picked based on current FPL prices to fit within a £100m limit, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Lineup Fare?

The captain didn't deliver but strong points from Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (nine), plus a fortunate 16-point Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo produced a huge eighty-three points total. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week for Fixture 16

Keeper and Defence

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

The first derby in the top flight since 2016 is going to be loud, passionate, combative - and it could be one of those tight matches that is full of tension but minimal clear chances.

Which would render the Sunderland keeper, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a solid shout.

Ben White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (h)

An Gunners defender is a must this week. Wolves have just one goal on the road so far and one in their past 6 matches.

White is a fantastic offensive threat when he is given his opportunity. Having started the past two games at right-back, had a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and tops the charts in that period among Arsenal defensive players with 2 key passes, 2 attempts inside the area and an xGI of 0.7.

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

Everton are inconsistent so this pick is focused more on Chelseadefence and Cucurella potential.

Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defence while he has created more opportunities (19) than any defensive player in the league.

And he hasn't scored this season, after scoring five goals 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 just one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'goals have dried up in the past two games.

Crucially, the Portuguese defender has been occupying some very attacking positions as a wing-back in the last three games.

During that spell he's had 4 attempts, two big chances, one goal and one assist. He also missed a cracking chance at Wolverhampton on Monday night too.

Midfield

Saka (C), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolves (h)

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

Little statistical analysis needed to back this up. Manchester United had twenty-seven attempts at Wolves on Monday night, scored four and could have had double that.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

Declan Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolves (home)

Just a single point behind Bruno Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is so reliable for the Gunners.

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

He's also the most reliable for game time as Mikel Arteta could see this as a opportunity to rest his players.

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

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

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

Cole Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - Everton (h)

This gameweek's punt, Cole Palmer has his first 90 minutes since returning 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 one good game, fantasy coaches will be flocking to bring him in.

He missed the Blues'European loss at Atalanta, but that was the club managing his minutes so he should be fresh for Everton.

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

Leeds enter this game off the back of two strong home performances against Chelsea and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three goals for every one they've netted.

This is likely the winger's final fixture before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He has been outstanding for Brentford this term, and has five goal contributions in his last 3 home matches.

Attack

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 strikes in 7 fixtures at home. He's the prime striker choice for this round and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget up until the end of January at least.

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

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

He performed well at the start of the season and you wonder what he could have achieved had a rival striker not been signed and competed with him for minutes at centre-forward.

Subs' Bench

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