Selecting the Top 3 Arsenal Players to Select v Wolves? Fantasy Premier League Team of the Week

The big decision in the FPL lineup of the gameweek is to go with zero Manchester City players - and yes, even Erling Haaland!

Our budget is needed to go all-in on Gunners players as they host among the most struggling sides in English top-flight history.

It's true, Manchester City smashed a total of 5 times on their last away fixture, but now they take on Crystal Palace, who have the second-strongest defence in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in terms of expected goals conceded.

And the Gunners home to Wolverhampton is the type of match-up you need to attack - the leading side in the division against one devoid of momentum, technical ability and confidence.

The team of the gameweek is selected based on current FPL prices to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Team Fare?

The captain didn't deliver but high hauls from Fernandes (18), Dias (fourteen), Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (nine), plus a lucky sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance led to a huge eighty-three points total. Boom!

FPL Lineup of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Keeper and Defence

Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (home)

This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight for eight years is set to be loud, passionate, feisty - and it might be one of those tight games that is all drama but little clear chances.

Which would make Roefs, ranked third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent option.

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

An Arsenal defensive asset is a must for this fixture. Wolves have one goal on the road this season and a single goal in their last six fixtures.

White is a excellent attacking option when he is given his opportunity. Having started the past two games at full-back, had a fourteen-point haul against the Bees and leads the charts in that time among Arsenal defensive players with 2 big chances created, 2 shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.

Marc Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - Everton (home)

Everton are unpredictable so this selection is focused more on the Blues'defensive solidity and the Spaniard's upside.

The London club have the fourth-strongest defence while he has generated more opportunities (19) than any other defensive player in the division.

And he hasn't scored yet, after scoring five goals last season.

Diogo Dalot, United, £4.4m - the Cherries (home)

You shouldn't have great hopes for a United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but Bournemouthgoals have dried up in the past two games.

Crucially, Dalot has been occupying some very advanced roles as a wing-back in the past three games.

In those matches he's taken 4 attempts, 2 clear opportunities, one goal and one assist. He missed a cracking opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday as well.

Midfield Picks

Saka (C), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

This fixture against Wolves is too tempting to pass up and that renders Bukayo Saka, Arsenalbest offensive asset a must-have.

Little statistical analysis required to support this pick. United had 27 attempts at Wolves on Monday, netted 4 and might have had double that.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

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

One point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly consistent for the Gunners.

With more license to attack this term, he's generated more opportunities than any Arsenal player (27) and has five assists to show for it.

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

Fernandes, United, £9m - the Cherries (h)

Fernandes might have replaced Semenyo as the essential FPL midfield asset.

Fixture-proof, consistently a shout for defensive contribution points and with several ways to FPL returns.

Cole Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (h)

This week's punt, Palmer has his first 90 minutes since returning after a long injury and we know what an high-scoring fantasy player he can be.

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

He missed ChelseaChampions League defeat at Atalanta, but that was the club managing his minutes so he should be well-rested for Everton.

Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds (h)

Leeds United come into this match following two strong home performances against Chelsea and Liverpool, but on the road they have conceded three goals for every one they've scored.

This is probably the winger's last match before departing for the AFCON.

He has been superb for Brentford this term, and has five attacking returns in his past 3 fixtures at home.

Strikers

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

It's been a frustrating last few gameweeks for Thiago owners, with only 3 FPL points in two games.

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the division and has 7 strikes in 7 fixtures at home. He's the prime striker choice this week and, with a favourable run of games, you can select and hold up until the end of January at the very least.

Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton (h)

It is expected that the manager keeps faith with the young striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds.

He was strongly at the start of the campaign and you wonder what he could have achieved had a rival striker not been signed and challenged him for playing time at centre-forward.

Substitutes

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