Which Top 3 Gunners Picks to Pick v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Team of the Gameweek

The key call in this Fantasy Premier League squad of the week is to opt for no City assets - indeed, that includes Haaland!

The funds are required to go all-in on Arsenal assets as they host among the most struggling teams in Premier League history.

Yes, Manchester City smashed a total of 5 goals on their last away trip, but this time they meet Crystal Palace, a side with the second-strongest defence in the division for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in terms of xGC.

And Arsenal hosting Wolverhampton is the kind of fixture you just have to attack - the best side in the division against one lacking of momentum, technical ability and confidence.

The squad of the gameweek is selected based on current valuations to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

Performance of Last Week's Team Perform?

No captain return but strong hauls from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (14), Foden (12) and James Tarkowski (nine), plus a lucky 16-point Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance led to a massive eighty-three points total. Boom!

FPL Lineup of the Week for Fixture 16

Goalkeeper & Defenders

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

The first derby in the top flight for eight years is set to be noisy, passionate, combative - and it may prove to be one of those tight games that is full of tension but minimal clear chances.

Which would render the Sunderland keeper, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a good pick.

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

An Gunners defender is a essential pick this week. Wolves have one goal on the road so far and one in their past 6 fixtures.

Ben White is a fantastic offensive threat when he gets his opportunity. He started the past two games at full-back, registered a 14-point haul against the Bees and tops the way in that time among Arsenal defensive players with 2 key passes, 2 shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.

Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - Everton (home)

The Toffees are erratic so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defensive solidity and Cucurella potential.

The London club have the fourth-best defensive record 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 times the previous campaign.

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

You can't have high hopes for a Manchester United shutout - they have one all season - but Bournemouthgoals have slowed down in the last two games.

More importantly, Dalot has been occupying some incredibly attacking positions as left wing-back in the last 3 fixtures.

In those matches he's had 4 shots, 2 big chances, one goal and an assist. He missed a great opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday too.

Midfielders

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

This fixture against Wolverhampton is too tempting to ignore and that makes Saka, the Gunners'best offensive asset essential.

No stats needed to support this pick. United had 27 attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday, scored 4 and might have had twice as many.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

Declan Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolves (h)

One point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly consistent for Arsenal.

More attacking this term, he's generated more opportunities than any other Gunners player (27) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the most reliable for game time as Mikel Arteta could see this as a chance to rotate his squad.

Fernandes, United, £9m - the Cherries (home)

Fernandes might have replaced Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfield asset.

Fixture-proof, consistently a shout for defensive bonus points and with multiple ways to points.

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

This gameweek's differential pick, Cole Palmer has his first 90 minutes since returning after a lengthy injury and we are aware what an explosive FPL asset he can be.

You get the feeling that, as soon as he has a single strong performance, fantasy coaches will be rushing to bring him in.

He was absent for the Blues'European loss at Atalanta, but that was the team managing his minutes so he should be fresh for Everton.

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

Leeds enter this match off the back of two great home results against the Blues and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three times for each one they've netted.

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

He has been outstanding for Brentford this term, and has five goal contributions in his last three home matches.

Attack

Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds (home)

It's been a disappointing couple of weeks for the striker owners, with only 3 points in two games.

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest top scorer in the league and has seven goals in 7 home games. He is the top striker choice this week and, with a kind fixture list, you can select and hold until the end of January at least.

Hugo Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (h)

It is expected that the manager keeps faith with the promising striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds United.

He was strongly at the start of the campaign and you wonder what he would have done had Alexander Isak not been signed and challenged him for playing time at the number nine role.

The Bench

• Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - Fulham ({h|home