Selecting the Three Arsenal Players to Choose v Wolves? FPL Squad of the Gameweek

The big call in this FPL team of the gameweek involves go with zero City players - and yes, even Haaland!

Our budget is required to go all-in on Gunners assets as they welcome one of the worst teams in Premier League history.

Yes, City scored in 5 times on their last away fixture, but now they meet Palace, a side with the second-best defensive record in the division for goals conceded and fourth-best in terms of expected goals conceded.

And the Gunners hosting Wolverhampton is the sort of match-up you just have to attack - the best team in the league against one devoid of momentum, technical ability and self-belief.

This squad of the week is picked using current FPL valuations to fit within a £100m limit, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Squad Perform?

The captain didn't deliver but strong scores from Fernandes (18), Dias (14), Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (9), along with a fortunate sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance led to a massive eighty-three points total. Success!

FPL Lineup of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Defensive Picks

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

This long-awaited derby in the top flight since 2016 is likely to be noisy, fiery, feisty - and it may prove to be one of those tight matches that is full of tension but minimal goalmouth action.

Which would make the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a good pick.

White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolves (h)

An Gunners defender is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolves have just one goal on the road this season and a single goal in their last 6 fixtures.

White is a fantastic attacking option when he is given his opportunity. Having started the last two games at full-back, registered a 14-point return against the Bees and tops the way in that time among Gunners defensive players with 2 key passes, 2 attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - Everton (home)

Everton are erratic so this selection is focused more on Chelseadefence and the Spaniard's potential.

Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defence while Cucurella has created more opportunities (nineteen) than any defensive player in the division.

And he is yet to score yet, having netted five goals the previous campaign.

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

You can't have high expectations for a United shutout - they have just one this entire campaign - but Bournemouthscoring have slowed down in the past two games.

More importantly, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some incredibly attacking positions as left wing-back in the last three games.

In those matches he's taken four shots, 2 big chances, a goal and one assist. He missed a cracking chance at Wolverhampton on Monday night too.

Midfield

Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

This fixture against Wolves is too juicy to pass up and that renders Bukayo Saka, the Gunners'best attacking player essential.

No stats required to back this up. United had twenty-seven attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday night, netted four and could have had double that.

Arsenal will be keen to attack.

Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (home)

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

More advanced this term, he's generated more chances than any other Gunners player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the surest bet for minutes as the manager might view this fixture as a chance to rest his squad.

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

Fernandes may have replaced Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfield asset.

Fixture-proof, always a shout for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to points.

Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - Everton (home)

This week's differential pick, Palmer has his first 90 minutes under his belt after a lengthy layoff and we know what an high-scoring fantasy player he can be.

You sense that, as soon as he has a single strong performance, FPL managers will be flocking to sign him up.

He was absent for the Blues'European loss at the Italian side, but that was the team easing him back carefully so he should be fresh for Everton.

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

Leeds United enter this game following two strong home performances against the Blues and Liverpool, but away from home they have conceded three times for every one they've scored.

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

He has been superb for the Bees this season, and has five goal contributions in his last three fixtures at home.

Forwards

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

It's been a disappointing couple of weeks for the striker owners, with just 3 FPL points in two games.

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the league and has 7 goals in 7 home games. He's the prime forward option for this round and, with a favourable fixture list, you can select and hold up until the end of January at the very least.

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

It is expected that Arne Slot continues to start with the promising striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds United.

He was well at the beginning of the season and you wonder what he could have achieved had a rival striker not been signed and competed with him for playing time at centre-forward.

Substitutes

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