Which Top 3 Gunners Players to Select v Wolves? FPL Squad of the Week
The major decision in the Fantasy Premier League team of the gameweek is to select zero Manchester City assets - and yes, even Erling Haaland!
Our funds are needed to invest heavily on Arsenal assets as they welcome among the worst sides in Premier League history.
Yes, Manchester City smashed in five times on their last away trip, but now they face Crystal Palace, who have the second-strongest defensive record in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of xGC.
And Arsenal hosting Wolves is the kind of match-up you just have to target - the best team in the division against one lacking of form, quality and confidence.
The squad of the week is picked based on current FPL valuations to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.
How did Last Week's Squad Perform?
No captain return but big points from Fernandes (18), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (12) and Tarkowski (nine), along with a lucky sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo produced a monster 83 points. Boom!
Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Week for Fixture 16
Keeper and Defence
Robin Roefs, the Black Cats, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h)
The first derby in the Premier League since 2016 is set to be loud, fiery, combative - and it may prove to be one of those tight matches that is full of tension but minimal goalmouth action.
Which would render Roefs, ranked third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a good pick.
Ben White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (h)
An Arsenal defender is a essential pick this week. Wolves have one goal on the road so far and one in their past six matches.
Ben White is a great attacking option when he is given his chance. Having started the past two at right-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against Brentford and tops the charts in that time among Arsenal defenders with 2 key passes, 2 shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.
Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - Everton (h)
Everton are inconsistent so this pick is more about the Blues'defence and the Spaniard's upside.
Chelsea have the fourth-best defence while he has created more opportunities (19) than any other defensive player in the league.
And he is yet to score this season, after scoring five goals last season.
Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (h)
You can't have great hopes for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have one all season - but the Cherries'goals have slowed down in the past two games.
Crucially, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some very attacking positions as a wing-back in the past three fixtures.
In those matches he's had 4 shots, two big chances, one goal and an assist. He also missed a great opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday night too.
Midfield Picks
Bukayo Saka (captain), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolves (home)
This fixture against Wolverhampton is too good to pass up and that makes Saka, the Gunners'best attacking player essential.
Little statistical analysis required to support this pick. Manchester United had twenty-seven shots at Wolves on Monday, netted four and could have had twice as many.
Arsenal will be keen to attack.
Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (home)
Just a single point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Declan Rice is incredibly reliable for Arsenal.
More advanced this term, he's generated more chances than any Gunners player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to his name.
He's also the most reliable for minutes as Mikel Arteta could see this as a chance to rest his players.
Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - the Cherries (h)
Fernandes may have replaced Semenyo as the must-own Fantasy Premier League midfielder.
Match-up proof, always a candidate for defensive contribution points and with several ways to points.
Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - the Toffees (h)
This week's differential pick, Cole Palmer has his first full ninety minutes since returning after a lengthy layoff and we know what an high-scoring fantasy player he is capable of being.
You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, fantasy coaches will be flocking 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 well-rested for Everton.
Dango Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds (h)
Leeds United enter this match following two strong home results against Chelsea and Liverpool, but on the road they have let in three goals for every one they've netted.
This is probably the winger's last match before heading to the AFCON.
He's been superb for the Bees this term, and has 5 attacking returns in his last three home matches.
Forwards
Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds United (h)
It's been a frustrating couple of gameweeks for Thiago owners, with only 3 points in two matches.
Nevertheless, he's the second-highest top scorer in the league and has 7 strikes in 7 fixtures at home. He's the top striker choice this week and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget up until the January window at least.
Hugo Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton (h)
It is expected that Arne Slot continues to start with the young Frenchman, after his two-goal performance at Leeds.
He performed well at the beginning of the season and you wonder what he would have done had Alexander Isak not arrived and challenged him for playing time at the number nine role.
Subs' Bench
- Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - Fulham ({h|home
