🔗 Share this article Selecting the Top 3 Arsenal Players to Select v Wolves? Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week One big call in this FPL lineup of the gameweek is to go with no City players - and yes, that includes Haaland! The funds are required to load up on Gunners assets as they face at home one of the poorest teams in Premier League recent memory. It's true, Manchester City smashed a total of 5 goals on their most recent away fixture, but this time they take on Crystal Palace, a side with the second-strongest defensive record in the league for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of xGC. And Arsenal hosting Wolverhampton is the kind of encounter you just have to target - the leading team in the division against one devoid of momentum, quality and confidence. The team of the week is chosen based on current valuations to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit. Performance of The Previous Squad Do? The captain didn't deliver but high scores from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Foden (12) and Tarkowski (nine), along with a lucky 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance led to a huge 83 points total. Success! FPL Team of the Week for Gameweek 16 Goalkeeper & Defenders Roefs, Sunderland, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h) This long-awaited derby in the Premier League for eight years is likely to be noisy, passionate, feisty - and it might be one of those matches that is full of tension but little goalmouth action. A scenario that would make Roefs, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent pick. Ben White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolves (home) An Arsenal defensive asset is a must this week. Wolverhampton have one goal scored on the road this season and a single goal in their last six matches. Ben White is a great attacking option when he gets his opportunity. Having started the past two games at full-back, registered a 14-point return against the Bees and tops the way in that period among Gunners defenders with two big chances created, two attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7. Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (home) Everton are erratic so this pick is focused more on Chelseadefence and the Spaniard's potential. Chelsea have the fourth-best defensive record while Cucurella has generated more opportunities (19) than any defender in the league. And he is yet to score this season, after scoring five times the previous campaign. Diogo Dalot, United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (home) You can't have great hopes for a United shutout - they have just one all season - but the Cherries'goals have dried up in the past two matches. More importantly, Dalot has been getting in some very attacking positions as left wing-back in the past three fixtures. During that spell he's had 4 shots, two big chances, one goal and one assist. He also missed a cracking chance at Wolves on Monday night too. Midfield Picks Saka (C), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolves (home) This fixture against Wolverhampton is too juicy to ignore and that makes Saka, Arsenaltop attacking player essential. Little statistical analysis needed to back this up. United had 27 attempts at Wolves on Monday, scored four and might have had double that. Arsenal will be rubbing their hands. Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h) One point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly reliable for the Gunners. More attacking this term, he's generated more opportunities than any other Arsenal player (27) and has five assists to his name. He's also the most reliable for minutes as Mikel Arteta could see this fixture as a opportunity to rest his squad. Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (h) Fernandes might have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfield asset. Fixture-proof, consistently a candidate for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to points. Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (h) This gameweek's punt, Cole Palmer has his first 90 minutes under his belt after a long injury and we are aware what an high-scoring FPL asset he can be. You get the feeling that, as quickly as he has one good game, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in. He was absent for ChelseaChampions League defeat at the Italian side, but that was the club managing his minutes so he should be well-rested for Everton. Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (h) Leeds United come into this match following two strong home performances against the Blues and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three times for each one they've scored. This is likely Ouattara final match before heading to the AFCON. He's been outstanding for the Bees this term, and has five attacking returns in his last 3 fixtures at home. Attack Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds (h) It's been a frustrating last few weeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only three points in two games. Nevertheless, he's the second top scorer in the league and has seven goals in seven fixtures at home. He is the prime striker choice this week and, with a kind run of games, you can select and hold until the January window at the very least. Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton (home) Surely the manager continues to start with the young striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds United. He was strongly at the beginning of the campaign and you wonder what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not arrived and competed with him for minutes at centre-forward. Substitutes Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - Fulham ({h|home
One big call in this FPL lineup of the gameweek is to go with no City players - and yes, that includes Haaland! The funds are required to load up on Gunners assets as they face at home one of the poorest teams in Premier League recent memory. It's true, Manchester City smashed a total of 5 goals on their most recent away fixture, but this time they take on Crystal Palace, a side with the second-strongest defensive record in the league for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of xGC. And Arsenal hosting Wolverhampton is the kind of encounter you just have to target - the leading team in the division against one devoid of momentum, quality and confidence. The team of the week is chosen based on current valuations to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit. Performance of The Previous Squad Do? The captain didn't deliver but high scores from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Foden (12) and Tarkowski (nine), along with a lucky 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance led to a huge 83 points total. Success! FPL Team of the Week for Gameweek 16 Goalkeeper & Defenders Roefs, Sunderland, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h) This long-awaited derby in the Premier League for eight years is likely to be noisy, passionate, feisty - and it might be one of those matches that is full of tension but little goalmouth action. A scenario that would make Roefs, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent pick. Ben White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolves (home) An Arsenal defensive asset is a must this week. Wolverhampton have one goal scored on the road this season and a single goal in their last six matches. Ben White is a great attacking option when he gets his opportunity. Having started the past two games at full-back, registered a 14-point return against the Bees and tops the way in that period among Gunners defenders with two big chances created, two attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7. Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (home) Everton are erratic so this pick is focused more on Chelseadefence and the Spaniard's potential. Chelsea have the fourth-best defensive record while Cucurella has generated more opportunities (19) than any defender in the league. And he is yet to score this season, after scoring five times the previous campaign. Diogo Dalot, United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (home) You can't have great hopes for a United shutout - they have just one all season - but the Cherries'goals have dried up in the past two matches. More importantly, Dalot has been getting in some very attacking positions as left wing-back in the past three fixtures. During that spell he's had 4 shots, two big chances, one goal and one assist. He also missed a cracking chance at Wolves on Monday night too. Midfield Picks Saka (C), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolves (home) This fixture against Wolverhampton is too juicy to ignore and that makes Saka, Arsenaltop attacking player essential. Little statistical analysis needed to back this up. United had 27 attempts at Wolves on Monday, scored four and might have had double that. Arsenal will be rubbing their hands. Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h) One point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly reliable for the Gunners. More attacking this term, he's generated more opportunities than any other Arsenal player (27) and has five assists to his name. He's also the most reliable for minutes as Mikel Arteta could see this fixture as a opportunity to rest his squad. Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (h) Fernandes might have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfield asset. Fixture-proof, consistently a candidate for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to points. Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (h) This gameweek's punt, Cole Palmer has his first 90 minutes under his belt after a long injury and we are aware what an high-scoring FPL asset he can be. You get the feeling that, as quickly as he has one good game, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in. He was absent for ChelseaChampions League defeat at the Italian side, but that was the club managing his minutes so he should be well-rested for Everton. Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (h) Leeds United come into this match following two strong home performances against the Blues and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three times for each one they've scored. This is likely Ouattara final match before heading to the AFCON. He's been outstanding for the Bees this term, and has five attacking returns in his last 3 fixtures at home. Attack Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds (h) It's been a frustrating last few weeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only three points in two games. Nevertheless, he's the second top scorer in the league and has seven goals in seven fixtures at home. He is the prime striker choice this week and, with a kind run of games, you can select and hold until the January window at the very least. Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton (home) Surely the manager continues to start with the young striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds United. He was strongly at the beginning of the campaign and you wonder what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not arrived and competed with him for minutes at centre-forward. Substitutes Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - Fulham ({h|home