🔗 Share this article Selecting the Three Arsenal Assets to Pick v Wolverhampton? FPL Team of the Gameweek One key decision in this FPL lineup of the week involves go with zero Manchester City players - and yes, that includes Haaland! The budget is needed to go all-in on Arsenal players as they host among the most struggling sides in Premier League history. Yes, Manchester City scored a total of 5 goals on their most recent away trip, but now they meet Crystal Palace, who have the second-strongest defence in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of expected goals conceded. And the Gunners home to Wolves is the kind of fixture you just have to target - the top team in the division against one lacking of form, technical ability and self-belief. This lineup of the week is picked based on current FPL valuations to stay under a £100m limit, as if you were using a Free Hit chip. Performance of Last Week's Squad Fare? No captain return but high points from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (9), plus a fortunate sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance resulted in a huge 83 points. Boom! Fantasy Premier League Team of the Week for Gameweek 16 Goalkeeper & Defenders Robin Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (home) This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League since 2016 is likely to be loud, fiery, combative - and it might be one of those tight games that is all drama but minimal goalmouth action. Which would render Roefs, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a decent option. White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (home) An Arsenal defender is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolverhampton have one goal on the road this season and a single goal in their last six fixtures. White is a great attacking option when he gets his opportunity. He started the past two at right-back, had a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and tops the way in that time among Arsenal defensive players with two key passes, two shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7. Marc Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (home) Everton are inconsistent so this selection is focused more on Chelseadefensive solidity and Cucurella upside. The London club have the fourth-strongest defensive record while he has created more opportunities (nineteen) than any defender in the division. And he hasn't scored this season, having netted five times last season. Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (h) You can't have great expectations for a United clean sheet - they have just one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'goals have slowed down in the last two games. Crucially, Dalot has been getting in some incredibly attacking positions as a wing-back in the past 3 fixtures. In those matches he's had 4 shots, 2 clear opportunities, one goal and an assist. He missed a great opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday as well. Midfield Picks Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h) This game against Wolverhampton is too good to ignore and that makes Saka, the Gunners'best attacking player essential. Little statistical analysis required to support this pick. Manchester United had twenty-seven attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday night, netted 4 and could have had double that. Arsenal will be licking their lips. Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (home) One point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is so consistent for the Gunners. More advanced this season, he's generated more opportunities than any Arsenal teammate (27) and has five assists to his name. He's also the surest bet for game time as Mikel Arteta might view this as a opportunity to rest his squad. Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (home) The Portuguese playmaker may have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfield asset. Fixture-proof, consistently a candidate for defensive contribution points and with several ways to points. Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (h) This gameweek's differential pick, Palmer has his first full 90 minutes since returning after a long injury and we are aware what an explosive fantasy player he is capable of being. You sense that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in. He was absent for the Blues'Champions League defeat at the Italian side, but that was the team easing him back carefully so he should be fresh for Everton. Dango Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (home) Leeds come into this match off the back of two strong home performances against Chelsea and the Reds, but away from home they have conceded three goals for each one they've netted. This is probably Ouattara final fixture before departing for the AFCON. He's been excellent for the Bees this season, and has five attacking returns in his past three fixtures at home. Forwards Igor Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds United (h) It has been a disappointing couple of weeks for the striker owners, with just three points in two matches. However, he's the second-highest top scorer in the league and has 7 goals in seven home games. He is the best forward option this week and, with a kind run of games, you can set and forget up until the January window at least. Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (home) It is expected that the manager continues to start with the promising striker, after his brace performance at Leeds United. He was strongly at the beginning of the campaign and you wonder what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not been signed and competed with him for playing time at centre-forward. Substitutes Martin Dubravka, Burnley, £4m - Fulham ({h|home
One key decision in this FPL lineup of the week involves go with zero Manchester City players - and yes, that includes Haaland! The budget is needed to go all-in on Arsenal players as they host among the most struggling sides in Premier League history. Yes, Manchester City scored a total of 5 goals on their most recent away trip, but now they meet Crystal Palace, who have the second-strongest defence in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of expected goals conceded. And the Gunners home to Wolves is the kind of fixture you just have to target - the top team in the division against one lacking of form, technical ability and self-belief. This lineup of the week is picked based on current FPL valuations to stay under a £100m limit, as if you were using a Free Hit chip. Performance of Last Week's Squad Fare? No captain return but high points from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (9), plus a fortunate sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance resulted in a huge 83 points. Boom! Fantasy Premier League Team of the Week for Gameweek 16 Goalkeeper & Defenders Robin Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (home) This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League since 2016 is likely to be loud, fiery, combative - and it might be one of those tight games that is all drama but minimal goalmouth action. Which would render Roefs, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a decent option. White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (home) An Arsenal defender is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolverhampton have one goal on the road this season and a single goal in their last six fixtures. White is a great attacking option when he gets his opportunity. He started the past two at right-back, had a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and tops the way in that time among Arsenal defensive players with two key passes, two shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7. Marc Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (home) Everton are inconsistent so this selection is focused more on Chelseadefensive solidity and Cucurella upside. The London club have the fourth-strongest defensive record while he has created more opportunities (nineteen) than any defender in the division. And he hasn't scored this season, having netted five times last season. Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (h) You can't have great expectations for a United clean sheet - they have just one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'goals have slowed down in the last two games. Crucially, Dalot has been getting in some incredibly attacking positions as a wing-back in the past 3 fixtures. In those matches he's had 4 shots, 2 clear opportunities, one goal and an assist. He missed a great opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday as well. Midfield Picks Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h) This game against Wolverhampton is too good to ignore and that makes Saka, the Gunners'best attacking player essential. Little statistical analysis required to support this pick. Manchester United had twenty-seven attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday night, netted 4 and could have had double that. Arsenal will be licking their lips. Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (home) One point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is so consistent for the Gunners. More advanced this season, he's generated more opportunities than any Arsenal teammate (27) and has five assists to his name. He's also the surest bet for game time as Mikel Arteta might view this as a opportunity to rest his squad. Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (home) The Portuguese playmaker may have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfield asset. Fixture-proof, consistently a candidate for defensive contribution points and with several ways to points. Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (h) This gameweek's differential pick, Palmer has his first full 90 minutes since returning after a long injury and we are aware what an explosive fantasy player he is capable of being. You sense that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in. He was absent for the Blues'Champions League defeat at the Italian side, but that was the team easing him back carefully so he should be fresh for Everton. Dango Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (home) Leeds come into this match off the back of two strong home performances against Chelsea and the Reds, but away from home they have conceded three goals for each one they've netted. This is probably Ouattara final fixture before departing for the AFCON. He's been excellent for the Bees this season, and has five attacking returns in his past three fixtures at home. Forwards Igor Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds United (h) It has been a disappointing couple of weeks for the striker owners, with just three points in two matches. However, he's the second-highest top scorer in the league and has 7 goals in seven home games. He is the best forward option this week and, with a kind run of games, you can set and forget up until the January window at least. Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (home) It is expected that the manager continues to start with the promising striker, after his brace performance at Leeds United. He was strongly at the beginning of the campaign and you wonder what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not been signed and competed with him for playing time at centre-forward. Substitutes Martin Dubravka, Burnley, £4m - Fulham ({h|home