🔗 Share this article Selecting the Three Arsenal Players to Select v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Team of the Week The big call in this Fantasy Premier League lineup of the gameweek is to go with zero Manchester City assets - and yes, even Haaland! The budget are needed to invest heavily on Gunners players as they face at home among the most struggling sides in English top-flight recent memory. It's true, City scored in five goals on their most recent away fixture, but this time they take on Palace, who have the second-best defence in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of xGC. And Arsenal home to Wolverhampton is the sort of encounter you must exploit - the top team in the league against one devoid of momentum, quality and self-belief. This team of the gameweek is chosen using current valuations to fit within a £100m limit, as if you were using a Free Hit chip. Performance of Last Week's Team Perform? No captain return but high hauls from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (9), plus a fortunate sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo resulted in a huge 83 points total. Success! Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Gameweek for Fixture 16 Defensive Picks Robin Roefs, the Black Cats, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (home) The first Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League for eight years is likely to be loud, fiery, feisty - and it could be one of those games that is full of tension but little goalmouth action. Which would make the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent shout. White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (home) An Arsenal defensive asset is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolverhampton have one goal scored on the road this season and one in their past 6 matches. White is a great offensive threat when he gets his opportunity. He started the past two at full-back, registered a 14-point return against the Bees and tops the charts in that time among Gunners defensive players with two big chances created, two attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7. Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (h) The Toffees are unpredictable so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defence and Cucurella upside. The London club have the fourth-strongest defence while Cucurella has generated more opportunities (19) than any defender in the league. And he is yet to score yet, having netted five times the previous campaign. Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (h) You shouldn't have great expectations for a United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but Bournemouthgoals have dried up in the past two games. Crucially, Dalot has been occupying some very advanced roles as left wing-back in the past three fixtures. In those matches he's taken 4 attempts, two clear opportunities, one goal and one assist. He missed a great chance at Wolverhampton on Monday night as well. Midfield Saka (C), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h) This fixture against Wolves is too good to pass up and that renders Saka, Arsenalbest offensive asset essential. Little statistical analysis required to back this up. United had 27 attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday night, scored four and could have had twice as many. Arsenal will be rubbing their hands. Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (home) One point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Declan Rice is incredibly reliable for the Gunners. With more license to attack this term, he's generated more opportunities than any other Gunners player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it. He's also the most reliable for minutes as Mikel Arteta could see this fixture as a opportunity to rest his players. Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - the Cherries (h) Fernandes may have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the must-own Fantasy Premier League midfielder. Fixture-proof, consistently a shout for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to FPL returns. Cole Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - Everton (h) This gameweek's punt, Cole Palmer has his first full ninety minutes under his belt after a lengthy injury and we are aware what an high-scoring FPL asset he can be. You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, fantasy coaches will be rushing to sign him up. He missed the Blues'Champions League defeat at Atalanta, but that was the team easing him back carefully so he should be well-rested for the Toffees. Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (h) Leeds United enter this match following two great home performances against Chelsea and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three times for every one they've scored. This is probably Ouattara final fixture before departing for the AFCON. He has been excellent for Brentford this season, and has five goal contributions in his past three home matches. Forwards Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds United (h) It has been a frustrating last few gameweeks for Thiago FPL managers, with just 3 FPL points in two matches. Nevertheless, he's the second top scorer in the league and has seven strikes in 7 home games. He's the prime forward option for this round and, with a kind fixture list, you can set and forget up until the end of January at least. Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton (home) Surely Arne Slot keeps faith with the young Frenchman, after his brace performance at Leeds United. He was strongly at the start of the campaign and you can't help but think what he would have done had Alexander Isak not arrived and challenged him for playing time at centre-forward. Subs' Bench Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - the Cottagers ({h|home
The big call in this Fantasy Premier League lineup of the gameweek is to go with zero Manchester City assets - and yes, even Haaland! The budget are needed to invest heavily on Gunners players as they face at home among the most struggling sides in English top-flight recent memory. It's true, City scored in five goals on their most recent away fixture, but this time they take on Palace, who have the second-best defence in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in relation of xGC. And Arsenal home to Wolverhampton is the sort of encounter you must exploit - the top team in the league against one devoid of momentum, quality and self-belief. This team of the gameweek is chosen using current valuations to fit within a £100m limit, as if you were using a Free Hit chip. Performance of Last Week's Team Perform? No captain return but high hauls from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (9), plus a fortunate sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo resulted in a huge 83 points total. Success! Fantasy Premier League Squad of the Gameweek for Fixture 16 Defensive Picks Robin Roefs, the Black Cats, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle United (home) The first Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League for eight years is likely to be loud, fiery, feisty - and it could be one of those games that is full of tension but little goalmouth action. Which would make the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent shout. White, Arsenal, £5.2m - Wolves (home) An Arsenal defensive asset is a essential pick for this fixture. Wolverhampton have one goal scored on the road this season and one in their past 6 matches. White is a great offensive threat when he gets his opportunity. He started the past two at full-back, registered a 14-point return against the Bees and tops the charts in that time among Gunners defensive players with two big chances created, two attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7. Cucurella, the Blues, £6.2m - the Toffees (h) The Toffees are unpredictable so this pick is focused more on the Blues'defence and Cucurella upside. The London club have the fourth-strongest defence while Cucurella has generated more opportunities (19) than any defender in the league. And he is yet to score yet, having netted five times the previous campaign. Diogo Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (h) You shouldn't have great expectations for a United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but Bournemouthgoals have dried up in the past two games. Crucially, Dalot has been occupying some very advanced roles as left wing-back in the past three fixtures. In those matches he's taken 4 attempts, two clear opportunities, one goal and one assist. He missed a great chance at Wolverhampton on Monday night as well. Midfield Saka (C), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h) This fixture against Wolves is too good to pass up and that renders Saka, Arsenalbest offensive asset essential. Little statistical analysis required to back this up. United had 27 attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday night, scored four and could have had twice as many. Arsenal will be rubbing their hands. Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolves (home) One point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Declan Rice is incredibly reliable for the Gunners. With more license to attack this term, he's generated more opportunities than any other Gunners player (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it. He's also the most reliable for minutes as Mikel Arteta could see this fixture as a opportunity to rest his players. Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - the Cherries (h) Fernandes may have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the must-own Fantasy Premier League midfielder. Fixture-proof, consistently a shout for defensive contribution points and with multiple routes to FPL returns. Cole Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - Everton (h) This gameweek's punt, Cole Palmer has his first full ninety minutes under his belt after a lengthy injury and we are aware what an high-scoring FPL asset he can be. You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, fantasy coaches will be rushing to sign him up. He missed the Blues'Champions League defeat at Atalanta, but that was the team easing him back carefully so he should be well-rested for the Toffees. Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (h) Leeds United enter this match following two great home performances against Chelsea and the Reds, but on the road they have conceded three times for every one they've scored. This is probably Ouattara final fixture before departing for the AFCON. He has been excellent for Brentford this season, and has five goal contributions in his past three home matches. Forwards Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds United (h) It has been a frustrating last few gameweeks for Thiago FPL managers, with just 3 FPL points in two matches. Nevertheless, he's the second top scorer in the league and has seven strikes in 7 home games. He's the prime forward option for this round and, with a kind fixture list, you can set and forget up until the end of January at least. Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton (home) Surely Arne Slot keeps faith with the young Frenchman, after his brace performance at Leeds United. He was strongly at the start of the campaign and you can't help but think what he would have done had Alexander Isak not arrived and challenged him for playing time at centre-forward. Subs' Bench Dubravka, the Clarets, £4m - the Cottagers ({h|home