Selecting the Three Gunners Players to Choose v Wolves? FPL Team of the Gameweek

One key call in the Fantasy Premier League team of the gameweek is to select zero City assets - and yes, that includes Erling Haaland!

The budget are required to invest heavily on Gunners assets as they welcome among the most struggling teams in English top-flight recent memory.

It's true, City smashed in five times on their most recent away trip, but this time they take on Palace, who have the second-strongest defensive record in the league for goals allowed and fourth-best in terms of xGC.

And the Gunners home to Wolves is the sort of encounter you need to target - the leading team in the division against one devoid of momentum, quality and self-belief.

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

How did The Previous Team Do?

The captain didn't deliver but big scores from Fernandes (18), Dias (14), Foden (12) and Tarkowski (9), plus a fortunate 16-point Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance resulted in a huge 83 points total. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Team of the Week for Gameweek 16

Keeper and Defence

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

This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight for eight years is set to be loud, fiery, feisty - and it may prove to be one of those games that is full of tension but little clear chances.

Which would make the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a decent option.

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

An Gunners defender is a essential pick this week. Wolverhampton have just one goal scored away from home this season and one in their last six fixtures.

Ben White is a excellent attacking option when he is given his chance. Having started the past two at right-back, registered a fourteen-point haul against the Bees and tops the way in that period among Gunners defenders with two key passes, 2 shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

Marc Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - the Toffees (home)

The Toffees are unpredictable so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defensive solidity and the Spaniard's upside.

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

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

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

You can't have great hopes for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but the Cherries'scoring have slowed down in the past two matches.

Crucially, Dalot has been getting in some very attacking positions as left wing-back in the last three fixtures.

In those matches he's taken 4 shots, two clear opportunities, a goal and an assist. He also missed a cracking chance at Wolverhampton on Monday too.

Midfielders

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

This game against Wolves is too tempting to pass up and that makes Saka, the Gunners'top offensive asset essential.

Little statistical analysis needed to support this pick. United had twenty-seven shots at Wolves on Monday night, netted 4 and could have had double that.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (h)

Just a single point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Declan Rice is so reliable for the Gunners.

With more license to attack this term, he's generated more chances than any Arsenal player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the most reliable for minutes as Mikel Arteta might view this as a chance to rotate his squad.

Fernandes, United, £9m - Bournemouth (h)

Fernandes might have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the essential FPL midfield asset.

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

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

This gameweek's differential pick, Cole Palmer has his first full 90 minutes since returning after a lengthy injury and we know what an explosive fantasy player he is capable of being.

You sense that, as quickly as he has one good game, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in.

He was absent for the Blues'European defeat at Atalanta, but that was the team managing his minutes so he should be fresh for the Toffees.

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

Leeds United enter this game following two great home performances against the Blues and Liverpool, but on the road they have let in three times for each one they've netted.

This is probably the winger's last match before heading to the AFCON.

He's been excellent for Brentford this season, and has five attacking returns in his last three fixtures at home.

Attack

Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds (h)

It has been a frustrating last few weeks for the striker owners, with only 3 FPL points in two matches.

However, he's the second top scorer in the division and has 7 goals in seven home games. He is the best forward option this week and, with a kind fixture list, you can set and forget up until the January window at the very least.

Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (home)

It is expected that the manager keeps faith with the promising Frenchman, after his two-goal haul at Leeds United.

He was great at the start of the season and you wonder what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not arrived and challenged him for playing time at the number nine role.

Subs' Bench

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