Selecting the Three Arsenal Players to Select v Wolves? FPL Squad of the Week

The big move in this FPL squad of the week is to go with no City players - indeed, that includes Haaland!

Our budget are required to go all-in on Arsenal players as they face at home among the worst teams in English top-flight history.

It's true, Manchester City scored in five goals on their last away fixture, but now they meet Crystal Palace, a side with the second-strongest defensive record in the league for goals allowed and fourth-best in terms of xGC.

And the Gunners home to Wolverhampton is the sort of encounter you must exploit - the top side in the league against one devoid of form, quality and confidence.

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

Performance of The Previous Lineup Perform?

No captain return but strong hauls from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (14), Foden (12) and Tarkowski (9), along with a fortunate sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo led to a huge eighty-three points total. Success!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Gameweek for Gameweek 16

Defensive Picks

Robin Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (h)

The first derby in the top flight since 2016 is going to be loud, passionate, combative - and it may prove to be one of those matches that is full of tension but minimal goalmouth action.

Which would render Roefs, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent option.

Ben White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolves (h)

An Gunners defender is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolves have just one goal away from home so far and a single goal in their past six fixtures.

White is a great offensive threat when he is given his opportunity. He started the last two games at right-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and leads the way in that period among Arsenal defensive players with 2 big chances created, 2 attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

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

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

Chelsea have the fourth-best defence while he has created more chances (nineteen) than any other defensive player in the league.

And he is yet to score yet, after scoring five goals the previous campaign.

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

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

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

In those matches he's taken four attempts, 2 big chances, a goal and an assist. He missed a great chance at Wolves on Monday night too.

Midfield

Saka (C), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

This game against Wolves is too good to pass up and that makes Saka, Arsenaltop attacking player a must-have.

No stats needed to back this up. Manchester United had twenty-seven shots at Wolverhampton on Monday night, scored four and could have had twice as many.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (home)

One point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Declan Rice is incredibly consistent for Arsenal.

With more license to attack this term, he's generated more opportunities than any other Gunners teammate (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 chance to rotate his players.

Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (h)

The Portuguese playmaker might have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the must-own Fantasy Premier League midfield asset.

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

Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - the Toffees (h)

This week's differential pick, Palmer has his first ninety minutes under his belt after a long injury and we know what an high-scoring FPL asset he can be.

You get the feeling that, as quickly as he has one good game, fantasy coaches will be rushing to bring him in.

He was absent for the Blues'European defeat at the Italian side, but that was the club managing his minutes so he ought to be well-rested for Everton.

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

Leeds enter this game off the back of two great home performances against the Blues and the Reds, but on the road they have let in three goals for each one they've netted.

This is probably Ouattara last fixture before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.

He has been excellent for Brentford this season, and has five attacking returns in his last 3 fixtures at home.

Forwards

Igor Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds (home)

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

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the division and has 7 strikes in 7 fixtures at home. He is the prime forward option this week and, with a kind fixture list, you can set and forget until the end of January at least.

Hugo Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton (home)

Surely Arne Slot keeps faith with the promising striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds United.

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

Subs' Bench

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