Selecting the Top 3 Gunners Players to Choose v Wolves? Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Week
The major move in this Fantasy Premier League team of the week is to select zero Manchester City assets - indeed, even Erling Haaland!
Our budget is essential to load up on Gunners players as they face at home one of the most struggling sides in English top-flight recent memory.
Yes, City smashed a total of 5 goals on their last away fixture, but now they face Palace, who have the second-strongest defensive record in the league for goals allowed and fourth-strongest in terms of xGC.
And Arsenal home to Wolves is the sort of match-up you must attack - the best side in the division against one lacking of form, technical ability and self-belief.
This squad of the gameweek is chosen based on current FPL valuations to fit within a £100m limit, as if you were using a Free Hit chip.
How did The Previous Squad Do?
The captain didn't deliver but high points from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (nine), along with a lucky sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance led to a monster 83 points total. Success!
Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Week for Gameweek 16
Goalkeeper & Defenders
Roefs, the Black Cats, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h)
The first derby in the top flight for eight years is set to be noisy, passionate, combative - and it could be one of those tight games that is all drama but little clear chances.
A scenario that would render Roefs, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a solid option.
White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (home)
An Gunners defender is a must this week. Wolverhampton have just one goal on the road so far and a single goal in their past six fixtures.
White is a fantastic attacking option when he is given his opportunity. He started the last two at full-back, had a fourteen-point haul against the Bees and leads the charts in that time among Gunners defenders with 2 big chances created, two attempts inside the area and an xGI of 0.7.
Marc Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)
Everton are erratic so this pick is more about Chelseadefence and Cucurella upside.
Chelsea have the fourth-best defensive record while he has created more opportunities (19) than any defender in the division.
And he is yet to score yet, having netted five times last season.
Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (h)
You can't have high hopes for a United shutout - they have one all season - but the Cherries'goals have slowed down in the past two matches.
More importantly, Dalot has been getting in some incredibly attacking positions as a wing-back in the last three games.
During that spell he's had four shots, two big chances, one goal and an assist. He missed a cracking opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday night too.
Midfielders
Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolves (home)
This fixture against Wolves is too juicy to pass up and that renders Saka, Arsenalbest offensive asset a must-have.
No stats needed to back this up. United had twenty-seven attempts at Wolves on Monday, netted 4 and might have had double that.
Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.
Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolves (h)
Just a single point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Declan Rice is so reliable for Arsenal.
With more license to attack this term, he's generated more opportunities than any other Gunners player (27) and has five assists to his name.
He's also the surest bet for game time as the manager could see this as a opportunity to rest his squad.
Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (home)
The Portuguese playmaker might have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the essential FPL midfielder.
Match-up proof, consistently a candidate for defensive bonus points and with several ways 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 long injury and we know what an high-scoring FPL asset he can be.
You sense that, as soon as he has a single strong performance, FPL managers will be rushing to sign him up.
He was absent for ChelseaEuropean defeat at Atalanta, but that was the club managing his minutes so he ought to be well-rested for the Toffees.
Dango Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds United (home)
Leeds enter this game following two strong home performances against the Blues and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three goals for each one they've scored.
This is likely the winger's last fixture before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.
He has been superb for Brentford this term, and has five goal contributions in his last three fixtures at home.
Strikers
Igor Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds (home)
It's been a frustrating last few gameweeks for Thiago owners, with just 3 points in two games.
Nevertheless, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the league and has seven goals in 7 home games. He is the top forward option this week and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget until the end of January at the very least.
Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
Surely Arne Slot keeps faith with the young striker, after his two-goal haul at Leeds.
He performed strongly at the beginning of the campaign and you wonder what he would have done had Alexander Isak not been signed and competed with him for minutes at centre-forward.
The Bench
- Dubravka, Burnley, £4m - the Cottagers ({h|home