Selecting the Top 3 Arsenal Assets to Pick v Wolverhampton? FPL Team of the Week

One key decision in the FPL team of the week involves select no City players - and yes, that includes Erling Haaland!

Our budget is essential to invest heavily on Arsenal players as they face at home one of the poorest teams in Premier League history.

Yes, Manchester City smashed in five times on their last away trip, but this time they meet Palace, a side with the second-best defence in the league for goals allowed and fourth-strongest in relation of xGC.

And the Gunners hosting Wolves is the type of encounter you need to attack - the leading team in the division against one devoid of momentum, quality and self-belief.

This lineup of the gameweek is selected using current valuations to fit within a £100m limit, as if you were using a Free Hit chip.

How did The Previous Team Do?

The captain didn't deliver but big scores from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (14), Foden (12) and James Tarkowski (9), plus a fortunate 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance resulted in a huge eighty-three points total. Success!

FPL Lineup of the Week for Fixture 16

Goalkeeper & Defenders

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

This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League for eight years is going to be noisy, passionate, feisty - and it could be one of those games that is full of tension but little clear chances.

Which would make the Sunderland keeper, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a solid pick.

White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

An Arsenal defensive asset is a must this week. Wolverhampton have one goal scored on the road so far and one in their past six matches.

Ben White is a fantastic offensive threat when he is given his opportunity. He started the past two at right-back, had a 14-point return against Brentford and tops the charts in that period among Gunners defensive players with two big chances created, two attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

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

Everton are inconsistent so this selection is focused more on the Blues'defence and the Spaniard's upside.

Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defensive record while Cucurella has generated more chances (nineteen) than any other defensive player in the league.

And he hasn't scored this season, having netted five goals the previous campaign.

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

You can't have great expectations for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but the Cherries'goals have slowed down in the past two matches.

Crucially, the Portuguese defender has been occupying some very advanced roles as a wing-back in the past 3 games.

During that spell he's had four shots, 2 clear opportunities, one goal and one assist. He also missed a great opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday too.

Midfielders

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

This fixture against Wolverhampton is too juicy to ignore and that makes Saka, Arsenalbest offensive asset a must-have.

Little statistical analysis needed to back this up. United had 27 shots at Wolves on Monday, netted 4 and could have had double that.

The Gunners will be licking their lips.

Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (home)

Just a single point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Declan Rice is so reliable for Arsenal.

More attacking this season, he's created more opportunities than any Arsenal player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the most reliable for minutes as the manager could see this as a opportunity to rest his players.

Bruno Fernandes, United, £9m - Bournemouth (home)

The Portuguese playmaker might have taken over from Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfielder.

Match-up proof, always a shout for defensive contribution points and with several routes to points.

Cole Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (h)

This gameweek's differential pick, Palmer has his first full 90 minutes under his belt after a long injury and we are aware what an high-scoring fantasy player he is capable of being.

You sense that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, fantasy coaches will be flocking to sign him up.

He was absent for the Blues'European defeat at the Italian side, but that was the team managing his minutes so he should be fresh for the Toffees.

Dango Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds United (home)

Leeds United enter this game off the back of two great home results against the Blues and Liverpool, but away from home they have let in three goals for each one they've scored.

This is probably Ouattara final fixture before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He has been superb for Brentford this term, and has 5 attacking returns in his last 3 fixtures at home.

Forwards

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

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

However, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the league and has seven strikes in 7 fixtures at home. He is the best forward option for this round and, with a favourable fixture list, you can select and hold until the end of January at least.

Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (h)

Surely the manager continues to start with the young striker, after his brace haul at Leeds United.

He performed great at the beginning of the campaign and you wonder what he could have achieved had a rival striker not arrived and challenged him for playing time at centre-forward.

Substitutes

• Dubravka, Burnley, £4m - the Cottagers ({h|home