Which Top 3 Arsenal Players to Choose v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Team of the Week

One key decision in this FPL team of the week is to select no Manchester City players - indeed, that includes Erling Haaland!

The budget is needed to load up on Arsenal assets as they face at home among the worst sides in Premier League history.

It's true, Manchester City scored a total of five goals on their last away trip, but now they take on Crystal Palace, a side with the second-best defence in the division for goals conceded and fourth-strongest in relation of xGC.

And the Gunners hosting Wolverhampton is the sort of fixture you must exploit - the top team in the division against one lacking of momentum, technical ability and self-belief.

This lineup of the gameweek is picked using current FPL valuations to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Team Perform?

No captain return but big scores from Fernandes (18), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (nine), plus a lucky 16-point Dewsbury-Hall bench appearance resulted in a huge eighty-three points total. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Team of the Gameweek for Gameweek 16

Defensive Picks

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

This long-awaited derby in the Premier League for eight years is likely to be loud, fiery, combative - and it might be one of those tight matches that is all drama but little goalmouth action.

Which would render Roefs, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent pick.

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

An Gunners defender is a must for this fixture. Wolves have one goal on the road so far and one in their past 6 fixtures.

Ben White is a excellent offensive threat when he is given his chance. Having started the past two games at full-back, had a 14-point haul against the Bees and leads the charts in that time among Gunners defensive players with two big chances created, 2 shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.

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

Everton are erratic so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defence and the Spaniard's potential.

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

And he is yet to score yet, after scoring five times the previous campaign.

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

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

Crucially, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some very advanced roles as a wing-back in the last three games.

During that spell he's taken four shots, 2 big chances, one goal and an assist. He also missed a great opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday night too.

Midfielders

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

This game against Wolverhampton is too juicy to pass up and that renders Saka, the Gunners'top attacking player a must-have.

No stats required to support this pick. Manchester United had 27 shots at Wolverhampton on Monday, scored four and might have had twice as many.

The Gunners will be keen to attack.

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

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

More attacking this season, he's created more opportunities than any Arsenal teammate (27) and has five assists to show for it.

He's also the most reliable for minutes as the manager could see this fixture as a chance to rotate his players.

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

The Portuguese playmaker may have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the essential FPL midfield asset.

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

Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (home)

This week's differential pick, Palmer has his first full 90 minutes since returning after a lengthy layoff and we are aware what an explosive FPL asset he can be.

You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, fantasy coaches will be rushing to bring him in.

He missed ChelseaChampions League loss at Atalanta, but that was the team easing him back carefully so he should be fresh for the Toffees.

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

Leeds enter this game off the back of two strong home performances against Chelsea and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three times for each one they've netted.

This is likely Ouattara final fixture before departing for the AFCON.

He has been excellent for the Bees this term, and has 5 attacking returns in his past three fixtures at home.

Strikers

Igor Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds United (h)

It's been a disappointing last few gameweeks for Thiago FPL managers, with just three FPL points in two games.

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the division and has 7 strikes in 7 fixtures at home. He is the top striker choice for this round and, with a favourable run of games, you can select and hold up until the end of January at the very least.

Hugo Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (home)

Surely the manager continues to start with the promising Frenchman, after his two-goal haul at Leeds United.

He performed strongly at the beginning of the campaign and you can't help but think what he would have done had a rival striker not been signed and challenged him for playing time at centre-forward.

Substitutes

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