Selecting the Top 3 Arsenal Players to Pick v Wolverhampton? FPL Team of the Gameweek
One key move in the FPL lineup of the week is to select no City players - and yes, even Haaland!
The budget are essential to invest heavily on Gunners players as they host among the worst teams in Premier League history.
Yes, City smashed in five goals on their most recent away fixture, but now they meet Palace, a side with the second-best defensive record in the league for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of xGC.
And Arsenal home to Wolves is the sort of fixture you need to exploit - the best team in the league against one lacking of form, quality and self-belief.
This squad of the week is chosen based on current FPL valuations to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit chip.
Performance of Last Week's Team Perform?
No captain return but strong hauls from Bruno Fernandes (18), Dias (14), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (nine), plus a lucky sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo produced a monster 83 points total. Success!
FPL Lineup of the Week for Gameweek 16
Defensive Picks
Roefs, Sunderland, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (home)
The first Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight since 2016 is set to be loud, fiery, combative - and it might be one of those tight matches that is full of tension but little goalmouth action.
Which would render the Sunderland keeper, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a good option.
Ben White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (home)
An Gunners defensive asset is a must this week. Wolves have one goal scored on the road so far and one in their past six fixtures.
White is a excellent attacking option when he gets his chance. Having started the past two at full-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and tops the way in that time among Gunners defenders with 2 key passes, 2 shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.
Marc Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (home)
Everton are erratic so this pick is more about the Blues'defence and Cucurella potential.
Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defence while Cucurella has generated more opportunities (nineteen) than any other defensive player in the division.
And he is yet to score this season, having netted five goals last season.
Diogo Dalot, United, £4.4m - the Cherries (home)
You can't have great expectations for a United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but the Cherries'goals have dried up in the past two matches.
Crucially, Dalot has been occupying some incredibly advanced roles as a wing-back in the last 3 games.
During that spell he's taken four shots, 2 big chances, one goal and one assist. He missed a great chance at Wolves on Monday as well.
Midfield Picks
Saka (C), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolves (home)
This game against Wolves is too juicy to pass up and that makes Saka, Arsenaltop attacking player essential.
Little statistical analysis required to back this up. United had 27 attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday, netted four and might have had twice as many.
The Gunners will be licking their lips.
Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (home)
Just a single point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is incredibly reliable for the Gunners.
With more license to attack this season, he's created more chances than any other Arsenal player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.
He's also the surest bet for game time as the manager could see this fixture as a chance to rotate his squad.
Fernandes, United, £9m - Bournemouth (h)
Fernandes might have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfield asset.
Fixture-proof, always a candidate for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to FPL returns.
Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - Everton (home)
This gameweek's differential pick, Palmer has his first 90 minutes since returning after a lengthy layoff and we are aware what an explosive FPL asset he is capable of being.
You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers will be rushing to sign him up.
He was absent for ChelseaChampions League defeat at Atalanta, but that was the team managing his minutes so he ought to be well-rested for the Toffees.
Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds (h)
Leeds come into this game off the back of two strong home performances against Chelsea and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three times for each one they've netted.
This is probably the winger's final fixture before departing for the AFCON.
He has been outstanding for Brentford this term, and has 5 goal contributions in his last 3 home matches.
Attack
Igor Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds (home)
It has been a frustrating couple of gameweeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only 3 FPL points in two matches.
However, he's the second goal scorer in the division and has seven strikes in 7 fixtures at home. He is the top striker choice this week and, with a kind run of games, you can select and hold until the end of January at the very least.
Ekitike, Liverpool, £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.
He was great at the start of the season and you wonder what he could have achieved had a rival striker not been signed and challenged him for playing time at centre-forward.
The Bench
- Dubravka, Burnley, £4m - Fulham ({h|home
