Which Top 3 Arsenal Players to Choose v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Team of the Week
The key call in the Fantasy Premier League lineup of the gameweek involves select no Manchester City assets - indeed, that includes Haaland!
The budget is required to load up on Gunners players as they host among the worst teams in English top-flight recent memory.
Yes, City smashed in 5 times on their last away trip, but this time they meet Crystal Palace, who have the second-best defence in the league for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of expected goals conceded.
And the Gunners hosting Wolves is the type of encounter you just have to attack - the best side in the league against one devoid of form, quality and self-belief.
The team of the gameweek is selected using current valuations to stay under a £100m limit, as if you were playing a Free Hit.
Performance of The Previous Lineup Perform?
No captain return but high scores from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (14), Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (nine), along with a fortunate sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo led to a monster 83 points. Success!
Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week for Fixture 16
Defensive Picks
Roefs, the Black Cats, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (home)
This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League since 2016 is set to be loud, fiery, combative - and it may prove to be one of those tight matches that is full of tension but little clear chances.
Which would render the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a solid option.
Ben White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (h)
An Arsenal defensive asset is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolves have just one goal on the road so far and a single goal in their past six fixtures.
Ben White is a fantastic attacking option when he is given his chance. He started the last two games at right-back, registered a 14-point haul against Brentford and tops the charts in that period among Gunners defenders with 2 key passes, two attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.
Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)
Everton are erratic so this selection is more about the Blues'defence and Cucurella upside.
Chelsea have the fourth-best defensive record while he has created more chances (19) than any defensive player in the league.
And he hasn't scored this season, after scoring five times last season.
Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - the Cherries (h)
You shouldn't have high hopes for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'scoring have slowed down in the past two games.
More importantly, Dalot has been getting in some incredibly attacking positions as a wing-back in the last three fixtures.
In those matches he's taken 4 attempts, 2 clear opportunities, a goal and an assist. He missed a cracking opportunity at Wolves on Monday night too.
Midfield
Saka (C), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (home)
This fixture against Wolves is too tempting to ignore and that renders Bukayo Saka, the Gunners'top attacking player essential.
Little statistical analysis needed to support this pick. Manchester United had 27 shots at Wolverhampton on Monday, netted four and could have had twice as many.
The Gunners will be keen to attack.
Rice, Arsenal, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)
One point behind Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is so consistent for Arsenal.
With more license to attack this term, he's generated more chances than any other Arsenal teammate (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.
He's also the most reliable for minutes as Mikel Arteta could see this as a opportunity to rotate his players.
Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (home)
Fernandes might have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the essential FPL midfield asset.
Fixture-proof, always a candidate for defensive contribution points and with multiple ways to points.
Cole Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - Everton (h)
This gameweek's punt, Cole Palmer has his first 90 minutes since returning after a lengthy injury and we are aware 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 rushing to sign him up.
He was absent for the Blues'Champions League loss at the Italian side, but that was the club managing his minutes so he should be fresh for the Toffees.
Dango Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds (home)
Leeds United come into this match following two strong home results against Chelsea and the Reds, but away from home they have let in three goals for every one they've scored.
This is likely Ouattara final fixture before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.
He's been superb for the Bees this season, and has five goal contributions in his last 3 fixtures at home.
Attack
Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds United (home)
It's been a frustrating last few gameweeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only 3 points in two matches.
However, he's the second-highest goal scorer in the division and has seven goals in seven fixtures at home. He is the top forward option for this round and, with a kind run of games, you can select and hold until the end of January at the very least.
Hugo Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton (h)
Surely the manager continues to start with the young Frenchman, after his two-goal haul at Leeds United.
He was great at the beginning of the campaign and you wonder what he would have done had a rival striker not been signed and challenged him for playing time at the number nine role.
Subs' Bench
- Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - Fulham ({h|home