We have chosen our best Fantasy Premier League (FPL) players for Gameweek 16 ahead of Friday’s 18:30 GMT deadline.
It’s a 4-3-3 formation this week and, as ever, we are limited to an £83.0m budget for our starting XI. Our four substitutes, meanwhile, are always chosen from the budget crop of players to give some potentially cost-effective alternatives to the big hitters who invariably make the initial cut.
The Scout Squad’s selections are the main inspiration for these picks but, as has happened because of budgetary reasons this week, we occasionally have to veer away from the consensus votes with our final team.
It’s also subject to a last-minute change, should any unexpected team news spring up on Friday afternoon.
GOALKEEPER
If ‘Spursy’ is a widely accepted adjective these days, then ‘Arsenaly’ really ought to be likewise. The Gunners had been steadily rebuilding after a disappointing August only to fall to two desperately disappointing and depressingly familiar defeats on the road in Gameweeks 14 and 15. Still, Mikel Arteta’s side have the perfect chance to bounce back to some semblance of form this weekend, with a Southampton side hit by unavailability issues in town. Only two sides have scored fewer goals than the profligate Saints (14) this season, with 41 of their 55 efforts on target not finding the back of the net – so Aaron Ramsdale (£5.0m) could easily supplement a clean sheet with a save point or two, to go with the 11 he has already banked in as many Gameweeks.
DEFENDERS
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