Selecting the Three Gunners Picks to Pick v Wolves? Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Gameweek

One major call in the Fantasy Premier League squad of the gameweek is to select zero City players - indeed, that includes Erling Haaland!

The budget is essential to go all-in on Arsenal players as they face at home among the most struggling teams in Premier League recent memory.

Yes, Manchester City smashed a total of five goals on their last away fixture, but now they face Crystal Palace, a side with the second-best defence in the league for goals allowed and fourth-strongest in relation of expected goals conceded.

And the Gunners hosting Wolverhampton is the type of fixture you need to exploit - the top side in the league against one lacking of momentum, quality and self-belief.

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

Performance of The Previous Lineup Fare?

No captain return but high scores from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (12) and Tarkowski (nine), along with a lucky 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo resulted in a massive 83 points total. Success!

FPL Team of the Week for Gameweek 16

Keeper and Defence

Roefs, the Black Cats, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (home)

This long-awaited derby in the Premier League since 2016 is likely to be noisy, fiery, combative - and it may prove to be one of those matches that is all drama but little clear chances.

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

White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (home)

An Arsenal defensive asset is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolves have one goal on the road this season and one in their last six fixtures.

White is a great offensive threat when he is given his chance. He started the past two at full-back, registered a 14-point haul against the Bees and leads the way in that period among Gunners defenders with 2 key passes, 2 shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.

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

Everton are unpredictable so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defensive solidity and Cucurella upside.

The London club have the fourth-best defensive record while he has generated more opportunities (19) than any defensive player in the division.

And he hasn't scored yet, having netted five times the previous campaign.

Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - the Cherries (h)

You can't have great hopes for a United shutout - they have one this entire campaign - but Bournemouthgoals have dried up in the past two games.

More importantly, Dalot has been occupying some incredibly advanced roles as a wing-back in the last three games.

In those matches he's had 4 attempts, 2 clear opportunities, one goal and one assist. He also missed a cracking opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday too.

Midfield Picks

Bukayo Saka (captain), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolves (h)

This fixture against Wolves is too tempting to pass up and that renders Bukayo Saka, Arsenalbest attacking player a must-have.

No stats needed to back this up. United had 27 attempts at Wolves on Monday, netted 4 and could have had double that.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

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

Just a single point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is so consistent for the Gunners.

More advanced this term, he's created more opportunities than any Arsenal teammate (27) and has five assists to his name.

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

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

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

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

Cole Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (home)

This gameweek's punt, Cole Palmer has his first 90 minutes since returning after a long layoff and we know what an explosive 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 bring him in.

He was absent for the Blues'Champions League defeat at the Italian side, but that was the team easing him back carefully so he should be well-rested for Everton.

Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds (h)

Leeds come into this game following two strong home performances against Chelsea and Liverpool, but on the road they have conceded three times for each one they've netted.

This is probably the winger's final fixture before departing for the AFCON.

He has been outstanding for the Bees this term, and has five attacking returns in his past three home matches.

Attack

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

It has been a disappointing last few weeks for Thiago FPL managers, with just three points in two games.

However, he's the second goal scorer in the league and has seven strikes in seven fixtures at home. He is the top striker choice for this round and, with a kind run of games, you can select and hold until the end of January at the very least.

Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton (h)

Surely the manager continues to start with the promising striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds.

He was great at the start of the season and you wonder what he would have done had a rival striker not arrived and competed with him for playing time at centre-forward.

Subs' Bench

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