The big move in the Fantasy Premier League squad of the week is to select zero Manchester City players - indeed, that includes Erling Haaland!
Our funds are needed to go all-in on Arsenal assets as they welcome among the poorest teams in English top-flight history.
It's true, City scored a total of five times on their most recent away trip, but now they take on Crystal Palace, who have the second-strongest defence in the league for goals allowed and fourth-strongest in relation of xGC.
And Arsenal hosting Wolverhampton is the kind of encounter you need to exploit - the best team in the league against one devoid of form, technical ability and self-belief.
This team of the week is picked using current FPL prices to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were using a Free Hit chip.
Performance of Last Week's Team Do?
The captain didn't deliver but high scores from Fernandes (eighteen), Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and Tarkowski (9), plus a lucky sixteen-point Dewsbury-Hall substitute cameo resulted in a monster eighty-three points. Boom!
Fantasy Premier League Team of the Week for Gameweek 16
Keeper and Defence
Roefs, the Black Cats, goalkeeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (home)
The first derby in the Premier League since 2016 is set to be loud, fiery, feisty - and it may prove to be one of those tight games that is all drama but little goalmouth action.
A scenario that would render the Sunderland keeper, ranked third in the FPL goalkeeper standings, a decent shout.
White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolves (h)
An Arsenal defender is a must for this fixture. Wolves have one goal on the road so far and a single goal in their last 6 matches.
White is a excellent attacking option when he is given his chance. Having started the past two games at full-back, registered a 14-point return against the Bees and tops the way in that time among Gunners defenders with two big chances created, two shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.
Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - the Toffees (home)
The Toffees are unpredictable so this selection is focused more on Chelseadefence and Cucurella upside.
Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defence while Cucurella has generated more opportunities (19) than any defensive player in the division.
And he hasn't scored this season, having netted five times last season.
Diogo Dalot, United, £4.4m - the Cherries (home)
You can't have high hopes for a United clean sheet - they have just one this entire campaign - but the Cherries'goals have dried up in the past two matches.
More importantly, the Portuguese defender has been getting in some very advanced roles as left wing-back in the last three fixtures.
In those matches he's taken 4 shots, 2 big chances, a goal and an assist. He also missed a cracking opportunity at Wolverhampton on Monday as well.
Midfield Picks
Bukayo Saka (captain), the Gunners, £10.2m - Wolverhampton (h)
This fixture against Wolverhampton is too good to pass up and that renders Saka, the Gunners'top offensive asset essential.
No stats required to support this pick. United had 27 attempts at Wolverhampton on Monday, netted 4 and might have had twice as many.
The Gunners will be keen to attack.
Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)
One point behind Bruno Fernandes in the midfield scoring list, Rice is incredibly consistent for Arsenal.
More advanced this term, he's generated more opportunities than any Gunners teammate (twenty-seven) and has five assists to show for it.
He's also the surest bet for game time as Mikel Arteta might view this as a chance to rotate his squad.
Fernandes, United, £9m - Bournemouth (h)
Fernandes might have replaced Semenyo as the must-own FPL midfielder.
Match-up proof, consistently a candidate for defensive bonus points and with multiple ways to points.
Cole Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (home)
This week's differential pick, Palmer has his first ninety minutes since returning after a long injury and we know what an explosive fantasy player he can be.
You get the feeling that, as soon as he has one good game, FPL managers will be flocking to sign him up.
He missed the Blues'Champions League loss at Atalanta, but that was the team managing his minutes so he should be well-rested for Everton.
Dango Ouattara, the Bees, £6m - Leeds United (h)
Leeds enter this match off the back of two great home performances against Chelsea and Liverpool, but on the road they have conceded three times for each one they've scored.
This is likely Ouattara last match before departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.
He has been excellent for Brentford this season, and has 5 attacking returns in his last three fixtures at home.
Strikers
Igor Thiago, Brentford, £6.9m - Leeds (h)
It has been a frustrating couple of gameweeks for Thiago FPL managers, with only 3 FPL points in two matches.
Nevertheless, he's the second goal scorer in the division and has 7 goals in 7 home games. He's the prime forward option for this round and, with a kind run of games, you can set and forget until the January window at the very least.
Hugo Ekitike, Liverpool, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (home)
It is expected that the manager continues to start with the promising striker, after his brace performance at Leeds.
He was great at the start of the campaign and you can't help but think what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not arrived and challenged him for minutes at centre-forward.
The Bench
- Martin Dubravka, Burnley, £4m - Fulham ({h|home
