Which Three Gunners Players to Choose v Wolves? Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week

One major decision in this FPL squad of the gameweek is to opt for no City players - and yes, even Haaland!

Our funds is essential to invest heavily on Gunners players as they host among the poorest sides in English top-flight history.

Yes, City scored in five goals on their last away fixture, but this time they face Palace, who have the second-best defensive record in the league for goals conceded and fourth-best in terms of xGC.

And the Gunners home to Wolverhampton is the type of encounter you must target - the best team in the league against one devoid of momentum, quality and self-belief.

This team of the week is chosen based on current valuations to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit chip.

How did The Previous Lineup Do?

No captain return but strong hauls from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (9), plus a fortunate 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo resulted in a monster 83 points total. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Gameweek for Gameweek 16

Defensive Picks

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

This long-awaited derby in the Premier League since 2016 is set to be loud, fiery, feisty - and it might be one of those tight games that is all drama but little goalmouth action.

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

Ben White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

An Gunners defensive asset is a essential pick this week. Wolverhampton have one goal away from home so far and one in their past six matches.

White is a excellent attacking option when he gets his opportunity. He started the last two games at right-back, registered a 14-point return against the Bees and leads the charts in that time among Arsenal defensive players with 2 key passes, two shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

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

The Toffees are inconsistent so this selection is more about the Blues'defensive solidity and Cucurella potential.

Chelsea have the fourth-best defensive record while he has generated more opportunities (19) than any defensive player in the league.

And he is yet to score this season, after scoring five goals last season.

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

You shouldn't have high hopes for a Manchester United shutout - they have one all season - but Bournemouthscoring have slowed down in the past two matches.

More importantly, the Portuguese defender has been occupying some very attacking positions as a wing-back in the past three fixtures.

During that spell he's had 4 shots, two clear opportunities, one goal and one assist. He missed a cracking chance at Wolves on Monday as well.

Midfielders

Bukayo Saka (captain), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (home)

This fixture against Wolverhampton is too juicy to ignore and that renders Bukayo Saka, the Gunners'top offensive asset a must-have.

Little statistical analysis required to back this up. United had twenty-seven shots at Wolverhampton on Monday, netted 4 and might have had double that.

The Gunners will be rubbing their hands.

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

One point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Declan Rice is so consistent for the Gunners.

With more license to attack this term, he's created more opportunities than any Arsenal player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to his name.

He's also the most reliable for game time as the manager could see this as a opportunity to rest his squad.

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

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

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

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

This week's punt, Cole Palmer has his first full 90 minutes since returning after a long injury and we know what an explosive FPL asset he can be.

You get the feeling that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in.

He was absent for ChelseaChampions League loss at the Italian side, but that was the club managing his minutes so he should be well-rested for Everton.

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

Leeds enter this match off the back of two great home performances against the Blues and Liverpool, but away from home they have conceded three times for every one they've scored.

This is probably the winger's final match before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He's been excellent for the Bees this term, and has five attacking returns in his past three fixtures at home.

Forwards

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

It has been a disappointing couple of weeks for Thiago owners, with only 3 FPL points in two matches.

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the division and has 7 goals in seven fixtures at home. He is the prime striker choice for this round and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget until the January window at least.

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

Surely the manager continues to start with the young Frenchman, after his brace performance at Leeds.

He was well at the start of the season and you wonder what he would have done had a rival striker not been signed and challenged him for playing time at the number nine role.

The Bench

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