Selecting the Top 3 Arsenal Assets to Select v Wolves? Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Week

One key decision in the FPL team of the gameweek is to opt for no Manchester City players - and yes, even Haaland!

Our funds are essential to invest heavily on Arsenal assets as they host among the most struggling teams in English top-flight recent memory.

Yes, City smashed in 5 goals on their most recent away fixture, but now they take on Crystal Palace, a side with the second-strongest defence in the division for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in relation of expected goals conceded.

And the Gunners home to Wolves is the kind of encounter you just have to attack - the leading team in the division against one devoid of form, technical ability and confidence.

The team of the week is chosen using current prices to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Squad Fare?

No captain return but high points from Fernandes (18), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (9), along with a lucky 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo produced a monster eighty-three points total. Boom!

FPL Lineup of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Goalkeeper & Defenders

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

This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight since 2016 is set to be noisy, passionate, combative - and it could be one of those games that is full of tension but little clear chances.

A scenario that would render the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a solid pick.

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

An Gunners defensive asset is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolverhampton have one goal scored on the road so far and a single goal in their past 6 fixtures.

White is a fantastic offensive threat when he gets his chance. Having started the last two games at right-back, registered a fourteen-point return against Brentford and tops the charts in that time among Arsenal defenders with 2 big chances created, 2 attempts inside the area and an xGI of 0.7.

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

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

The London club have the fourth-best defence while Cucurella has created more opportunities (19) than any defensive player in the league.

And he is yet to score this season, after scoring five times the previous campaign.

Diogo Dalot, United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (home)

You can't have great hopes for a United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but Bournemouthscoring have slowed down in the last two games.

More importantly, Dalot has been getting in some very attacking positions as a wing-back in the last three fixtures.

In those matches he's had four attempts, two clear opportunities, one goal and one assist. He missed a cracking opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday too.

Midfield Picks

Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

This fixture against Wolves is too tempting to pass up and that makes Bukayo Saka, the Gunners'best offensive asset a must-have.

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.

Arsenal will be keen to attack.

Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolves (h)

One point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly reliable for Arsenal.

More advanced this season, he's generated more opportunities than any Gunners 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 rest his players.

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

Fernandes might have taken over from Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfielder.

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

Cole Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - the Toffees (home)

This gameweek's punt, Palmer has his first full ninety minutes since returning after a lengthy injury and we know what an high-scoring FPL asset he is capable of being.

You get the feeling that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, FPL managers will be rushing to bring him in.

He missed the Blues'Champions League loss at the Italian side, but that was the team easing him back carefully so he ought to be fresh for the Toffees.

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

Leeds come into this game off the back of two strong home results against Chelsea and Liverpool, but on the road they have conceded three times for every one they've netted.

This is likely the winger's last match before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He's been outstanding for the Bees this season, and has five attacking returns in his last three home matches.

Strikers

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

It's been a frustrating couple of weeks for Thiago FPL managers, with just 3 points in two matches.

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the division and has seven goals in 7 home games. He's the prime forward option this week and, with a kind fixture list, you can select and hold up until the January window at least.

Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton (home)

Surely the manager continues to start with the promising striker, after his two-goal haul at Leeds.

He was well at the start of the campaign and you can't help but think what he would have done had a rival striker not been signed and challenged him for playing time at the number nine role.

Substitutes

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