Selecting the Three Arsenal Assets to Pick v Wolves? FPL Squad of the Week

One big call in the FPL squad of the gameweek is to select no City players - indeed, even Haaland!

The funds are needed to invest heavily on Gunners assets as they face at home among the poorest sides in English top-flight recent memory.

Yes, Manchester City scored a total of 5 times on their last away trip, but now they take on Palace, a side with the second-best defensive record in the league for goals conceded and fourth-best in relation of xGC.

And Arsenal hosting Wolves is the sort of fixture you need to exploit - the best team in the league against one devoid of form, quality and confidence.

This squad of the gameweek is chosen based on current FPL valuations to stay under a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit.

How did Last Week's Squad Perform?

No captain return but big hauls from Bruno Fernandes (18), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (12) and Tarkowski (9), along with a fortunate sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo led to a massive eighty-three points. Boom!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Gameweek for Fixture 16

Keeper and Defence

Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £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 matches that is all drama but little clear chances.

A scenario that would make Roefs, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a good option.

White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolverhampton (h)

An Arsenal defensive asset is a essential pick this week. Wolverhampton have one goal on the road this season and a single goal in their last 6 matches.

White is a great offensive threat when he is given his chance. He started the last two at full-back, had a fourteen-point haul against the Bees and leads the way in that period among Arsenal defenders with two key passes, 2 shots in the box and an xGI of 0.7.

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

The Toffees are inconsistent so this selection is more about the Blues'defence and the Spaniard's upside.

The London club have the fourth-best defensive record while Cucurella has generated more chances (19) than any other defensive player in the league.

And he hasn't scored this season, after scoring five times the previous campaign.

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

You shouldn't have high expectations for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have just one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'goals have slowed down in the past two games.

Crucially, Dalot has been getting in some incredibly attacking positions as a wing-back in the past 3 games.

During that spell he's had 4 attempts, 2 clear opportunities, one goal and an assist. He missed a cracking opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday night as well.

Midfielders

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

This fixture against Wolves is too tempting to pass up and that makes Saka, Arsenalbest offensive asset essential.

Little statistical analysis required to back this up. United had twenty-seven attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday, scored 4 and might have had double that.

The Gunners will be rubbing their hands.

Declan Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (home)

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

More attacking this term, he's created more chances than any Gunners player (27) and has five assists to his name.

He's also the most reliable for game time as the manager might view this fixture as a chance to rest his squad.

Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (home)

The Portuguese playmaker may have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the essential Fantasy Premier League midfield asset.

Match-up proof, consistently a shout for defensive bonus points and with multiple ways to FPL returns.

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

This gameweek's differential pick, Cole Palmer has his first full ninety minutes since returning after a long layoff and we know what an explosive FPL asset he can be.

You sense that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers will be rushing to sign him up.

He was absent for the Blues'Champions League defeat at Atalanta, but that was the club managing his minutes so he should be well-rested for Everton.

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

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

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

He has been excellent for the Bees this term, and has five attacking returns in his past three home matches.

Forwards

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

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

Nevertheless, he's the second goal scorer in the league and has seven goals in seven home games. He is the best forward option for this round and, with a favourable run of games, you can set and forget until the January window at least.

Hugo Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton (h)

Surely the manager keeps faith with the young striker, after his brace haul at Leeds United.

He performed well at the beginning of the season and you can't help but think what he would have done had a rival striker not been signed and competed with him for playing time at the number nine role.

The Bench

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