The big move in the Fantasy Premier League team of the gameweek is to go with no City assets - and yes, even Erling Haaland!
Our budget is essential to invest heavily on Gunners players as they face at home one of the most struggling sides in English top-flight history.
Yes, City smashed a total of five times on their most recent away fixture, but now they meet Crystal Palace, a side with the second-best defensive record in the division for goals allowed and fourth-best in terms of xGC.
And Arsenal home to Wolverhampton is the sort of match-up you need to attack - the top team in the league against one lacking of momentum, technical ability and confidence.
The lineup of the week is chosen using current FPL valuations to fit within a £100m budget, as if you were playing a Free Hit chip.
No captain return but high hauls from Fernandes (eighteen), Ruben Dias (fourteen), Phil Foden (twelve) and James Tarkowski (nine), plus a fortunate 16-point Dewsbury-Hall bench cameo produced a huge 83 points. Boom!
Roefs, the Black Cats, keeper, £4.7m - Newcastle (h)
This long-awaited Tyne-Wear derby in the top flight for eight years is set to be loud, passionate, combative - and it may prove to be one of those games that is all drama but little goalmouth action.
Which would make the Sunderland keeper, third in the goalkeeper scoring charts, a decent shout.
Ben White, the Gunners, £5.2m - Wolves (h)
An Arsenal defensive asset is a essential pick this week. Wolverhampton have just one goal away from home this season and a single goal in their past six fixtures.
Ben White is a great attacking option when he gets his chance. He started the past two at right-back, had a fourteen-point return against Brentford and leads the way in that time among Arsenal defensive players with 2 big chances created, 2 shots in the box and an expected goal involvement of 0.7.
Marc Cucurella, Chelsea, £6.2m - the Toffees (home)
Everton are unpredictable so this selection is focused more on Chelseadefence and Cucurella potential.
Chelsea have the fourth-strongest defence while he has generated more opportunities (nineteen) than any defender in the division.
And he is yet to score this season, after scoring five goals last season.
Dalot, United, £4.4m - Bournemouth (h)
You shouldn't have high expectations for a United clean sheet - they have just one all season - but Bournemouthscoring have slowed down in the past two matches.
More importantly, the Portuguese defender has been occupying some incredibly attacking positions as a wing-back in the past three games.
During that spell he's taken four attempts, two big chances, one goal and an assist. He missed a great opportunity at Wolves on Monday night as well.
Bukayo Saka (captain), Arsenal, £10.2m - Wolves (home)
This fixture against Wolverhampton is too tempting to ignore and that renders Saka, Arsenalbest offensive asset a must-have.
No stats needed to support this pick. Manchester United had 27 shots at Wolverhampton on Monday, scored four and might have had double that.
The Gunners will be licking their lips.
Rice, the Gunners, £7.1m - Wolverhampton (h)
Just a single point behind Bruno Fernandes in the FPL midfielder standings, Rice is incredibly consistent for the Gunners.
With more license to attack this term, he's generated more chances than any Arsenal player (27) and has five assists to show for it.
He's also the surest bet for minutes as the manager might view this as a chance to rest his squad.
Fernandes, Manchester United, £9m - Bournemouth (home)
The Portuguese playmaker may have taken over from Semenyo as the essential FPL midfielder.
Fixture-proof, consistently a candidate for defensive bonus points and with multiple ways to FPL returns.
Palmer, the Blues, £10.3m - the Toffees (h)
This week's differential pick, Cole Palmer has his first ninety minutes under his belt after a long layoff and we know what an explosive fantasy player he can be.
You sense that, as soon as he has a single strong performance, FPL managers will be rushing to sign him up.
He was absent for the Blues'European loss at the Italian side, but that was the club managing his minutes so he should be fresh for the Toffees.
Ouattara, Brentford, £6m - Leeds United (h)
Leeds enter this game off the back of two great home results against Chelsea and Liverpool, but away from home they have conceded three goals for every one they've scored.
This is likely the winger's final fixture before heading to the Africa Cup of Nations.
He's been excellent for Brentford this season, and has 5 goal contributions in his past 3 home matches.
Igor Thiago, the Bees, £6.9m - Leeds (home)
It's been a disappointing couple of gameweeks for the striker owners, with only three points in two matches.
However, he's the second-highest top scorer in the division and has seven strikes in 7 home games. He's the best striker choice for this round and, with a favourable fixture list, you can select and hold until the January window at the very least.
Ekitike, the Reds, £8.4m - Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
Surely the manager continues to start with the promising Frenchman, after his brace haul at Leeds United.
He performed well at the start of the season and you can't help but think what he could have achieved had Alexander Isak not been signed and competed with him for minutes at centre-forward.
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