Captain Ekitike along with a Three-Pronged Arsenal Backline – The Fantasy Premier League Squad for the Round

What number of The Reds selections can you accommodate in your lineup in the upcoming gameweek?

The Merseyside club have secured back-to-back wins , with a red-hot striker in Hugo Ekitike ahead of a clash with a struggling Wolves side currently tracking for one of the worst top-flight campaigns ever.

If you've held onto a few of your AFCON free transfers and have the cash to spend following the injury to the injured Bruno Fernandes, in that case Liverpool players must be your top priority.

The team of the week is constructed using current FPL costs to comply with a £100m spending limit, mirroring activating a Free Hit.

How Did The Previous Squad?

Skipper Manchester City's striker (a huge score) and the productive duo of Bournemouth's forward (10 points) as well as Hugo Ekitike guided the squad to a respectable 82 points – with a bonus a 10-point cameo from Fulham's defender as a substitute.

Our Fantasy Premier League Ideal Squad for the Upcoming Round

Keeper & Defenders

David Raya, Arsenal, goalkeeper, £6m – vs Brighton & Hove Albion (H).

Arsenal's defence experienced a brief dip after the absence of their Brazilian defender, but they have kept two clean sheets over their last four matches and have 9 to their name with not even the campaign's midpoint played.

Mikel Arteta's side have let in goals in all but three home games campaign. Those goals were scored by Erling Haaland, a long-range effort from Richarlison and a surprise header from Wolves' attacker.

Jurrien Timber (£6.5m) and Piero Hincapie (£5.5m), the Gunners – vs the Seagulls (H).

It's a three-pronged from the Arsenal defence.

Not only are they the strongest defensive unit in FPL, with a clean sheet in more than half of their fixtures, they face a Roberto De Zerbi's side who have not found the net in their last two outings.

Brighton have a mere nine goals in eight away games.

Timber is a reliable choice each gameweek and has increased attacking upside now he is right-back.

Hincapie has collected 'defcon' points in his past four appearances, featuring a pair of shutouts.

Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool, £5.9m – vs Wolves (H).

Managers would love six Liverpool assets for this fixture if possible.

Wolves failed to score once again this season in a recent two-nil defeat at Molineux to the Bees.

They have scored just nine goals in total, including two away from home. That makes this one of the safest clean sheet opportunity possible.

Omar Alderete, the Black Cats, £4m – vs Leeds (H).

Despite Leeds United's improved offensive form – and the form of Dominic Calvert-Lewin – we're selecting a Sunderland clean sheet on home soil.

That would mark their third consecutive , with the Paraguayan defender is cementing himself as the best low-cost defensive pick. You can field him regularly in most games, given his regular defensive contribution returns.

Midfield

Mason Mount, United, £5.9m – vs Newcastle United (H).

The English midfielder should play a significant responsibility at Old Trafford in the next few games, following their Portuguese maestro suffering an injury.

Recently, United registered the greatest xG across the Premier League by a comfortable distance – 8.78 against the next best Leeds United's 5.68.

They face a Newcastle side that has not excelled on the road – managing one win in their last seven.

The former Chelsea man could well assume a large share of Fernandes' creative responsibilities, notably from dead-ball situations, and could play as an attacking midfielder.

Florian Wirtz, Liverpool, £8.1m – vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (H).

The German playmaker is on the verge of a big haul , with a home match versus the struggling Wolves representing the prime time for that to happen.

He has registered attacking returns across his past four games – a pair of assists and one 'defcon' display.

In that period his chance creation stands at 10 chances, a team-high among all Liverpool, and his expected goals stands at 0.88.

Morgan Rogers, Villa, £7.2m – vs the Blues (A).

Boasting 30 points in two games, Rogers' hot streak is impossible to ignore.

He's Aston Villa's talisman, with an ability to scoring a goal with half a yard of space in the box.

A fixture to Stamford Bridge could be viewed as a tough assignment, but Villa have won there in two of the last three campaigns.

Strikers

Hugo Ekitike (Captain), Liverpool, £8.9m – vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (H).

Given his fixture, a lack of competition for his place, and having notched five goals over three matches, the French striker receives the captaincy for this round.

Erling Haaland, Manchester City, £15.1m – vs Forest (A).

There's no benching the Norwegian goal machine, although with him having a tougher away game this week, the choice is to bet against him for the armband.

Jarrod Bowen, West Ham, £7.6m