Which Three Arsenal Assets to Select v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Gameweek

The big move in this Fantasy Premier League lineup of the gameweek involves select no City players - and yes, that includes Erling Haaland!

Our budget are required to invest heavily on Arsenal players as they face at home one of the poorest sides in English top-flight recent memory.

It's true, Manchester City scored in five times on their most recent away fixture, but now they meet Palace, who have the second-best defence in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of expected goals conceded.

And Arsenal hosting Wolverhampton is the sort of match-up you must exploit - the leading side in the division against one lacking of form, quality and confidence.

This team of the week is selected based on current FPL valuations to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Squad Fare?

No captain return but big scores from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (nine), along with a fortunate 16-point Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo resulted in a monster 83 points total. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Team of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Keeper and Defence

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

This long-awaited derby in the Premier League for eight years is set to be noisy, passionate, feisty - and it might be one of those tight games that is all drama but minimal clear chances.

A scenario that would render the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a decent option.

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

An Gunners defensive asset is a must this week. Wolves have one goal scored away from home so far and one in their past 6 fixtures.

White is a excellent attacking option when he gets his opportunity. Having started the last two at right-back, registered a 14-point return against Brentford and tops the charts in that period among Gunners defenders with 2 key passes, 2 shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.

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

The Toffees are erratic so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defence and Cucurella potential.

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

And he hasn't scored yet, having netted five goals the previous campaign.

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

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

More importantly, Dalot has been occupying some very attacking positions as a wing-back in the last three fixtures.

During that spell he's taken 4 shots, 2 clear opportunities, a goal and an assist. He missed a cracking opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday night too.

Midfield Picks

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

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

Little statistical analysis required to support this pick. Manchester United had 27 attempts at Wolves on Monday, scored four and might have had double that.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)

One point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Declan Rice is so consistent for the Gunners.

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

He's also the surest bet for minutes as Mikel Arteta might view this as a opportunity to rest his players.

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

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

Fixture-proof, consistently a candidate for defensive bonus points and with multiple routes to points.

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

This week's differential pick, Cole Palmer has his first full 90 minutes under his belt after a lengthy injury and we are aware what an explosive FPL asset he is capable of being.

You sense that, as soon as he has one good game, fantasy coaches will be flocking to sign him up.

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

Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds United (h)

Leeds United enter this match off the back of two great home results against Chelsea and Liverpool, but away from home they have let in three goals for every one they've netted.

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

He has been excellent for Brentford this season, and has five goal contributions in his past three home matches.

Strikers

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

It's been a frustrating couple of gameweeks for Thiago owners, with just three points in two matches.

However, he's the second goal scorer in the division and has 7 strikes in seven home games. He is the prime striker choice for this round and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget up until the end of January at least.

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

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

He was well at the start of the campaign and you can't help but think what he would have done had Alexander Isak not arrived and competed with him for minutes at centre-forward.

Substitutes

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