Selecting the Top 3 Gunners Assets to Choose v Wolverhampton? FPL Lineup of the Week

The big move in the Fantasy Premier League team of the gameweek involves select zero City assets - and yes, that includes Erling Haaland!

The budget are essential to go all-in on Arsenal assets as they host one of the most struggling teams in Premier League history.

It's true, City scored in 5 goals on their last away trip, but this time they face Palace, a side with the second-strongest defence in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in terms of xGC.

And the Gunners hosting Wolverhampton is the kind of encounter you just have to target - the top team in the league against one lacking of momentum, quality and self-belief.

The team of the week is chosen using current FPL valuations to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Team Do?

No captain return but strong scores from Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (nine), plus a lucky sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance resulted in a massive 83 points. Success!

FPL Squad of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Keeper and Defence

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

This long-awaited derby in the Premier League since 2016 is set to be noisy, passionate, feisty - and it could be one of those tight matches that is all drama but little goalmouth action.

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

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

An Gunners defensive asset is a must this week. Wolverhampton have just one goal on the road so far and a single goal in their last 6 matches.

Ben White is a fantastic attacking option when he gets his chance. He started the last two games at right-back, had a fourteen-point return against Brentford and tops the way in that time among Arsenal defensive players with 2 key passes, two attempts inside the area and an xGI of 0.7.

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

Everton are unpredictable so this pick is more about the Blues'defensive solidity and the Spaniard's upside.

Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defence while Cucurella has generated more opportunities (19) than any defender in the division.

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

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

You can't have great expectations for a United shutout - they have just one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'scoring have slowed down in the last two matches.

Crucially, Dalot has been occupying some incredibly attacking positions as a wing-back in the past three fixtures.

In those matches he's taken four attempts, two big chances, one goal and an assist. He missed a cracking chance at Wolves on Monday as well.

Midfield

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

This fixture against Wolverhampton is too good to ignore and that makes Saka, the Gunners'best offensive asset a must-have.

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

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

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

One point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is so consistent for Arsenal.

More attacking this term, he's generated more chances than any Gunners teammate (27) and has five assists to his name.

He's also the most reliable for minutes as the manager could see this fixture as a opportunity to rotate his players.

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

The Portuguese playmaker might have taken over from Semenyo as the must-own Fantasy Premier League midfielder.

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

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

This week's punt, Palmer has his first 90 minutes under his belt after a long layoff and we know what an explosive FPL asset he is capable of being.

You sense that, as quickly as he has a single strong performance, FPL managers will be rushing to bring him in.

He was absent for ChelseaEuropean loss at Atalanta, but that was the team managing his minutes so he ought to be fresh for the Toffees.

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

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

This is probably Ouattara final match before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He's been superb for Brentford this term, and has five goal contributions in his last three fixtures at home.

Attack

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

It's been a frustrating last few weeks for Thiago FPL managers, with just 3 FPL points in two games.

However, he's the second goal scorer in the division and has seven goals in seven home games. He is the top forward option for this round and, with a kind run of games, you can select and hold until the end of January at least.

Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton (home)

Surely Arne Slot continues to start with the promising striker, after his two-goal haul at Leeds United.

He was strongly at the beginning of the season and you wonder what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not arrived and challenged him for playing time at centre-forward.

The Bench

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