Selecting the Top 3 Gunners Players to Select v Wolves? FPL Lineup of the Gameweek

The major move in this Fantasy Premier League team of the week is to opt for no Manchester City assets - and yes, even Haaland!

Our funds is required to invest heavily on Arsenal assets as they welcome among the worst teams in English top-flight recent memory.

Yes, City smashed a total of five times on their last away fixture, but now they face Crystal Palace, a side with the second-strongest defence in the division for goals conceded and fourth-best in terms of xGC.

And the Gunners hosting Wolverhampton is the type of fixture you just have to target - the top side in the league against one lacking of momentum, quality and confidence.

This squad of the week is selected using current prices to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

Performance of The Previous Team Do?

No captain return but high hauls from Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (14), Phil Foden (12) and James Tarkowski (nine), along with a lucky 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo produced a massive 83 points. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week for Fixture 16

Keeper and Defence

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

This long-awaited derby in the Premier League since 2016 is going to be noisy, fiery, combative - and it may prove to be one of those games that is all drama but minimal goalmouth action.

Which would render Roefs, ranked third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a good shout.

White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

An Arsenal defensive asset is a must this week. Wolves have just one goal away from home this season and one in their last 6 fixtures.

Ben White is a fantastic attacking option when he is given his opportunity. He started the past two at full-back, registered a fourteen-point return against Brentford and leads the charts in that time among Gunners defensive players with two key passes, 2 attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

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

The Toffees are unpredictable so this pick is more about Chelseadefence and Cucurella upside.

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

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

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

You shouldn't have great expectations for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but the Cherries'scoring have dried up in the last two games.

Crucially, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some very attacking positions as left wing-back in the past 3 fixtures.

During that spell he's taken 4 shots, two big chances, one goal and one assist. He missed a cracking chance at Wolverhampton on Monday as well.

Midfielders

Saka (C), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

This game against Wolves is too good to pass up and that renders Saka, the Gunners'top offensive asset a must-have.

No stats needed to support this pick. Manchester United had twenty-seven shots at Wolverhampton on Monday, netted 4 and might have had twice as many.

The Gunners will be keen to attack.

Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (home)

Just a single point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly reliable for Arsenal.

With more license to attack this term, he's created more chances than any Arsenal player (27) and has five assists to his name.

He's also the surest bet for minutes as the manager might view this fixture as a chance to rotate his squad.

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

The Portuguese playmaker may have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the must-own Fantasy Premier League midfielder.

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

Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (home)

This week's punt, Cole Palmer has his first full 90 minutes since returning after a lengthy layoff and we know what an explosive FPL asset he can be.

You get the feeling that, as quickly as he has one good game, fantasy coaches will be flocking to bring him in.

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

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

Leeds United come into this game off the back of two strong home results against Chelsea and the Reds, but away from home they have let in three times for each one they've netted.

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

He's been superb for Brentford this season, and has 5 goal contributions in his last 3 fixtures at home.

Strikers

Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds (home)

It has been a disappointing couple of gameweeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only 3 points in two games.

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest top scorer in the division and has seven goals in seven fixtures at home. He is the prime forward option this week and, with a kind fixture list, you can set and forget until the end of January at least.

Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (home)

It is expected that the manager continues to start with the young 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, the Clarets, £4m - Fulham ({h|home