Selecting the Three Gunners Picks to Choose v Wolverhampton? FPL Team of the Week

The key decision in the FPL team of the gameweek involves go with no City assets - indeed, that includes Erling Haaland!

The funds are required to invest heavily on Arsenal assets as they face at home among the most struggling sides in English top-flight history.

Yes, City smashed in 5 goals on their most recent away fixture, but this time they meet Palace, a side with the second-best defensive record in the league for goals conceded and fourth-best in terms of expected goals conceded.

And the Gunners home to Wolverhampton is the kind of encounter you must target - the best team in the league against one lacking of momentum, technical ability and self-belief.

The lineup of the gameweek is selected based on current FPL valuations to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Lineup Fare?

No captain return but high points from Fernandes (18), Dias (fourteen), Foden (12) and Tarkowski (nine), along with a lucky 16-point Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance produced a massive eighty-three points total. Success!

Fantasy Premier League Team of the Gameweek for Gameweek 16

Defensive Picks

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

The first Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight for eight years is likely to be noisy, fiery, feisty - and it may prove to be one of those matches that is all drama but minimal goalmouth action.

Which would make the Sunderland keeper, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a good pick.

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

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

Ben White is a great attacking option when he gets his opportunity. Having started the last two at full-back, had a fourteen-point return against the Bees and leads the way in that period among Gunners defenders with two big chances created, two shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.

Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)

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

Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defensive record while he has generated more chances (nineteen) than any other defender in the division.

And he is yet to score this season, after scoring five times the previous campaign.

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

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

Crucially, Dalot has been occupying some very advanced roles as left wing-back in the last three games.

In those matches he's had 4 shots, two clear opportunities, one goal and one assist. He missed a cracking opportunity at Wolves on Monday night too.

Midfield Picks

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

This game against Wolverhampton is too juicy to pass up and that makes Bukayo Saka, Arsenaltop offensive asset a must-have.

Little statistical analysis needed to back this up. United had 27 attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday, netted four and could have had double that.

Arsenal will be keen to attack.

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

Just a single point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly consistent for the Gunners.

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

He's also the most reliable for minutes as Mikel Arteta might view this fixture as a opportunity to rest his squad.

Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - the Cherries (h)

Fernandes may have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfielder.

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

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

This week's differential pick, Cole Palmer has his first full 90 minutes under his belt after a lengthy injury and we know what an explosive FPL asset he is capable of being.

You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in.

He was absent for ChelseaEuropean loss at Atalanta, but that was the team managing his minutes so he should be well-rested for the Toffees.

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

Leeds come into this match off the back of two strong home performances against the Blues and the Reds, but away from home they have conceded three times for each one they've scored.

This is likely Ouattara last fixture before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He has been superb for Brentford this season, and has 5 attacking returns in his last three home matches.

Strikers

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

It has been a disappointing couple of gameweeks for the striker owners, with just 3 FPL points in two matches.

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest top scorer in the league and has seven strikes in seven fixtures at home. He is the best forward option this week and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget until the January window at the very least.

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

Surely Arne Slot keeps faith with the young striker, after his brace haul at Leeds.

He performed strongly at the start of the season and you wonder what he would have done had a rival striker not arrived and challenged him for minutes at centre-forward.

Substitutes

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