Which Top 3 Arsenal Assets to Select v Wolverhampton? Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week

One major call in the Fantasy Premier League lineup of the gameweek is to go with no City players - and yes, that includes Erling Haaland!

Our budget is needed to invest heavily on Arsenal assets as they face at home one of the most struggling teams in Premier League history.

Yes, City smashed in five times on their most recent away fixture, but this time they take on Palace, a side with the second-strongest defensive record in the league for goals allowed and fourth-strongest in relation of expected goals conceded.

And the Gunners home to Wolves is the kind of fixture you must target - the top team in the division against one lacking of form, quality and confidence.

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

How did Last Week's Squad Do?

No captain return but high scores from Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (14), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (9), plus a fortunate 16-point Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall substitute appearance resulted in a monster eighty-three points. Success!

Fantasy Premier League Lineup of the Week for Fixture 16

Defensive Picks

Robin Roefs, Sunderland, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h)

This long-awaited derby in the Premier League since 2016 is likely to be noisy, passionate, feisty - and it might be one of those tight matches that is full of tension but minimal goalmouth action.

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

White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolves (h)

An Arsenal defender is a must for this fixture. Wolverhampton have just one goal on the road so far and one in their last six fixtures.

Ben White is a great offensive threat when he gets his opportunity. He started the last two at right-back, registered a 14-point return against the Bees and tops the charts in that time among Arsenal defensive players with 2 key passes, 2 attempts inside the area and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.

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

Everton are inconsistent so this selection is more about Chelseadefence and Cucurella upside.

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

And he hasn't scored this season, having netted five goals the previous campaign.

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

You can't have great expectations for a United clean sheet - they have one all season - but Bournemouthgoals have slowed down in the past two games.

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

During that spell he's taken four attempts, two big chances, a goal and an assist. He missed a great chance at Wolverhampton on Monday night too.

Midfielders

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

This fixture against Wolves is too good to ignore and that renders Bukayo Saka, Arsenaltop offensive asset essential.

No stats needed to support this pick. Manchester United had 27 attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday, scored four and might have had double that.

Arsenal will be rubbing their hands.

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

Just a single point behind Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly reliable for the Gunners.

More advanced this season, he's created more opportunities than any other Gunners player (27) and has five assists to show for it.

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

Fernandes, United, £9m - Bournemouth (h)

The Portuguese playmaker may have replaced Antoine Semenyo as the must-own Fantasy Premier League midfield asset.

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

Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (home)

This gameweek's punt, Palmer has his first full 90 minutes under his belt after a lengthy layoff and we know what an high-scoring FPL asset he is capable of being.

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

He was absent for the Blues'Champions League defeat at the Italian side, but that was the team easing him back carefully so he should be well-rested for Everton.

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

Leeds enter this game off the back of two great home performances against Chelsea and Liverpool, but away from home they have conceded three times for every one they've scored.

This is likely Ouattara final match before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.

He's been excellent for Brentford this season, and has 5 goal contributions in his last three home matches.

Strikers

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

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

Nevertheless, he's the second-highest top scorer in the division and has 7 strikes in 7 fixtures at home. He's the prime striker choice this week and, with a favourable fixture list, you can set and forget up until the end of January at the very least.

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

Surely Arne Slot keeps faith with the promising striker, after his two-goal performance at Leeds United.

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

The Bench

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