Selecting the Three Arsenal Assets to Choose v Wolves? FPL Lineup of the Week
One key decision in this FPL squad of the gameweek involves opt for no City players - and yes, that includes Erling Haaland!
Our budget is needed to invest heavily on Arsenal players as they face at home one of the poorest teams in English top-flight recent memory.
Yes, Manchester City scored in five goals on their last away fixture, but now they face Palace, a side with the second-best defence in the league for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in terms of xGC.
And the Gunners home to Wolverhampton is the sort of fixture you must target - the top side in the league against one lacking of form, technical ability and confidence.
The squad of the gameweek is selected based on current FPL valuations to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.
How did Last Week's Lineup Perform?
No captain return but strong points from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (nine), plus a fortunate 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance resulted in a monster eighty-three points. Success!
Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Week for Fixture 16
Keeper and Defence
Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (home)
The first Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League for eight years is going to be loud, passionate, feisty - and it may prove to be one of those tight matches that is all drama but minimal goalmouth action.
A scenario that would render the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent pick.
White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (home)
An Arsenal defender is a must for this fixture. Wolves have one goal on the road so far and one in their past six matches.
Ben White is a fantastic attacking option when he is given his chance. Having started the last two at right-back, had a fourteen-point return against the Bees and tops the way in that time among Gunners defensive players with 2 big chances created, 2 shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.
Marc Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)
The Toffees are erratic so this pick is more about the Blues'defensive solidity and Cucurella potential.
The London club have the fourth-best defence while he has created more chances (nineteen) than any other defender in the division.
And he hasn't scored this season, having netted five times the previous campaign.
Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - the Cherries (home)
You can't have high hopes for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'goals have slowed down in the past two matches.
More importantly, Dalot has been getting in some very advanced roles as a wing-back in the last 3 fixtures.
In those matches he's had 4 shots, 2 big chances, one goal and an assist. He missed a great chance at Wolverhampton on Monday night as well.
Midfield Picks
Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolves (home)
This fixture against Wolves is too good to pass up and that makes Saka, Arsenalbest attacking player a must-have.
No stats required to support this pick. Manchester United had 27 attempts at Wolves on Monday night, netted 4 and could have had twice as many.
Arsenal will be licking their lips.
Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)
Just a single point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Declan Rice is incredibly consistent for Arsenal.
More attacking this term, he's created more opportunities than any Arsenal player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.
He's also the surest bet for game time as Mikel Arteta might view this as a chance to rotate his squad.
Fernandes, United, £9m - the Cherries (h)
The Portuguese playmaker might have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the must-own Fantasy Premier League midfielder.
Fixture-proof, always a shout for defensive contribution points and with multiple ways to points.
Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (home)
This week's punt, Palmer has his first full ninety minutes under his belt after a long layoff and we are aware what an explosive FPL asset he can be.
You sense that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in.
He was absent for the Blues'Champions League defeat at Atalanta, but that was the club easing him back carefully so he ought to be well-rested for Everton.
Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (h)
Leeds United come into this match off the back of two great home results against Chelsea and Liverpool, but away from home they have conceded three goals for every one they've netted.
This is likely the winger's last fixture before heading to the AFCON.
He has been excellent for the Bees this season, and has five goal contributions in his last three fixtures at home.
Strikers
Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds (h)
It's been a frustrating last few weeks for the striker owners, with just 3 FPL points in two matches.
Nevertheless, he's the second goal scorer in the division and has seven strikes in 7 home games. He's the top striker choice for this round and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget until the January window at least.
Hugo Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
It is expected that Arne Slot continues to start with the young Frenchman, after his brace performance at Leeds United.
He performed strongly at the beginning of the season and you wonder what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not been signed and competed with him for minutes at the number nine role.
Subs' Bench
- Martin Dubravka, Burnley, £4m - Fulham ({h|home
