Which Top 3 Gunners Picks to Pick v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Gameweek

One big decision in the FPL squad of the week is to opt for no Manchester City players - and yes, that includes Erling Haaland!

The budget is needed to load up on Gunners players as they welcome among the worst sides in Premier League recent memory.

It's true, Manchester City smashed a total of five times on their last away trip, but now they take on Palace, who have the second-strongest defensive record in the league for goals conceded and fourth-best in relation of xGC.

And the Gunners home to Wolverhampton is the sort of fixture you must attack - the best team in the league against one lacking of momentum, quality and self-belief.

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

How did Last Week's Squad Fare?

No captain return but high scores from Bruno Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (14), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (9), along with a fortunate sixteen-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo resulted in a monster 83 points total. Success!

FPL Squad of the Week for Gameweek 16

Goalkeeper & Defenders

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

The first Tyne-Wear derby in the Premier League for eight years is likely to be loud, passionate, combative - and it might be one of those tight matches that is all drama but minimal goalmouth action.

A scenario that would make Roefs, third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a solid pick.

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

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

Ben White is a fantastic offensive threat when he gets his chance. He started the last two at full-back, had a fourteen-point return against the Bees and leads the way in that time among Gunners defenders with 2 key passes, 2 attempts inside the area and an xGI of 0.7.

Marc Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - the Toffees (h)

Everton are inconsistent so this pick is more about the Blues'defence and Cucurella potential.

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

And he is yet to score this season, after scoring five times last season.

Dalot, Manchester United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (home)

You shouldn't have great hopes for a Manchester United clean sheet - they have one all season - but Bournemouthscoring have dried up in the last two matches.

More importantly, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some incredibly attacking positions as left wing-back in the last 3 games.

During that spell he's taken four shots, two big chances, a goal and one assist. He also missed a cracking opportunity at Wolves on Monday as well.

Midfield

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

This fixture against Wolverhampton is too tempting to pass up and that makes Saka, the Gunners'best attacking player essential.

No stats needed to support this pick. United had 27 shots at Wolverhampton on Monday night, netted four and could have had twice as many.

The Gunners will be rubbing their hands.

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

Just a single point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly consistent for Arsenal.

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

He's also the surest bet for minutes as the manager could see this as a chance to rotate his players.

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

The Portuguese playmaker may have taken over from Antoine Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfield asset.

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

Palmer, Chelsea, £10.3m - Everton (h)

This gameweek's punt, Palmer has his first ninety minutes since returning after a lengthy layoff and we are aware what an high-scoring fantasy player he is capable of being.

You get the feeling that, as soon as he has a single strong performance, FPL managers will be flocking to bring him in.

He missed the Blues'European defeat at Atalanta, but that was the team managing his minutes so he should be fresh for the Toffees.

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

Leeds come into this game following two strong home results against the Blues and Liverpool, but away from home they have let in three times for every one they've netted.

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

He has been excellent for the Bees this season, and has 5 attacking returns in his last 3 fixtures at home.

Forwards

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

It's been a disappointing couple of weeks for the striker FPL managers, with only three FPL points in two games.

However, he's the second top scorer in the league and has seven strikes in 7 home games. He's the top striker choice this week and, with a favourable run of games, you can set and forget up until the January window at least.

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

It is expected that the manager keeps faith with the promising striker, after his brace performance at Leeds.

He performed great at the start of the campaign and you can't help but think what he would have done had a rival striker not arrived and competed with him for minutes at the number nine role.

Substitutes

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