Selecting the Three Gunners Assets to Select v Wolves? FPL Lineup of the Week
The big decision in this Fantasy Premier League team of the gameweek is to opt for zero City assets - indeed, that includes Erling Haaland!
The budget are needed to go all-in on Arsenal players as they host among the worst teams in Premier League recent memory.
It's true, City smashed in five goals on their most recent away trip, but this time they take on Crystal Palace, a side with the second-strongest defensive record in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of xGC.
And the Gunners hosting Wolves is the sort of encounter you must target - the top side in the division against one devoid of momentum, technical ability and self-belief.
This team of the week is chosen based on current FPL valuations to stay under a £100m limit, as if you were playing a Free Hit chip.
How did Last Week's Lineup Fare?
The captain didn't deliver but strong hauls from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (14), Foden (12) and James Tarkowski (nine), along with a fortunate sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance led to a massive 83 points total. Boom!
FPL Lineup of the Week for Fixture 16
Defensive Picks
Robin Roefs, Sunderland, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (home)
This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight since 2016 is likely to be noisy, passionate, combative - and it might be one of those games that is full of tension but little clear chances.
Which would render the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a good shout.
Ben White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (h)
An Arsenal defender is a essential pick this week. Wolverhampton have one goal scored away from home this season and one in their last 6 matches.
Ben White is a fantastic offensive threat when he gets his chance. He started the last two at full-back, registered a 14-point haul against Brentford and leads the way in that period among Arsenal defensive players with 2 big chances created, two shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.
Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)
Everton are inconsistent so this selection is focused more on the Blues'defence and Cucurella upside.
The London club have the fourth-best defence while he has created more chances (nineteen) than any defensive player in the league.
And he is yet to score yet, having netted five times last season.
Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (home)
You can't have great hopes for a United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but Bournemouthscoring have slowed down in the last two matches.
Crucially, Dalot has been getting in some incredibly attacking positions as left wing-back in the last three fixtures.
In those matches he's taken 4 shots, two big chances, one goal and one assist. He missed a great chance at Wolves on Monday too.
Midfield
Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h)
This fixture against Wolves is too juicy to ignore and that renders Bukayo Saka, the Gunners'best offensive asset essential.
No stats required to support this pick. United had twenty-seven shots at Wolverhampton on Monday, netted 4 and could have had double that.
Arsenal will be licking their lips.
Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolves (home)
One point behind Bruno Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is incredibly reliable for Arsenal.
More advanced this term, he's created more chances than any Gunners teammate (27) and has five assists to show for it.
He's also the surest bet for game time as the manager could see this fixture as a chance to rest his players.
Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (home)
The Portuguese playmaker may have replaced Semenyo as the must-own Fantasy Premier League midfielder.
Match-up proof, consistently a candidate for defensive contribution points and with multiple ways to FPL returns.
Cole Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (home)
This week's differential pick, Palmer has his first ninety minutes since returning after a long layoff and we are aware what an high-scoring FPL asset he is capable of being.
You sense that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in.
He missed ChelseaEuropean defeat at the Italian side, but that was the team managing his minutes so he ought to be well-rested for Everton.
Dango Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (h)
Leeds United enter this game off the back of two great home results against Chelsea and the Reds, but on the road they have let in three times for each one they've scored.
This is likely Ouattara final fixture before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.
He's been superb for the Bees this season, and has 5 goal contributions in his past three home matches.
Attack
Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds (h)
It has been a disappointing last few weeks for the striker owners, with just 3 points in two matches.
Nevertheless, he's the second goal scorer in the division and has seven goals in 7 fixtures at home. He's the best forward option this week and, with a kind fixture list, you can select and hold up until the end of January at least.
Hugo Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton (home)
Surely Arne Slot continues to start with the promising striker, after his brace haul at Leeds United.
He was well at the beginning of the season and you wonder what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not been signed and competed with him for playing time at centre-forward.
Substitutes
- Martin Dubravka, Burnley, £4m - the Cottagers ({h|home