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The quantity of The Reds selections are you able to fit inside your squad for this round?

The Merseyside club have notched two consecutive victories and boast a red-hot attacker in their French frontman preparing for a clash with a struggling Wolves side who are heading towards an abysmal Premier League campaigns in history.

For managers who retained a portion of your Africa Cup of Nations transfers , and possess the cash to spend after losing the unavailable Bruno Fernandes, in that case assets from Anfield players ought to be the main consideration.

This ideal squad is chosen according to latest FPL valuations to stay under a 100 million pound budget, simulating using a Free Hit.

A Look Back at Our Recent Team?

Skipper Manchester City's striker (a massive haul) and the productive duo of Antoine Semenyo (10 points) and Hugo Ekitike led the selection to a handsome score – supplemented by a double-digit contribution from Fulham's defender as a substitute.

Our FPL Team of the Week for the Upcoming Round

Keeper and Defenders

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

The North London side's backline suffered a brief dip following the absence of Gabriel, yet they've kept two clean sheets over their last four matches and have nine so far with less than the campaign's midpoint gone.

Mikel Arteta's side have let in goals in just a handful of home games campaign. Those goals were scored by a Manchester City superstar, a spectacular effort from Richarlison , plus a late goal from Tolu Arokodare.

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

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

As well as being the best defence in the game, with a clean sheet in the majority of their fixtures, they take on a Roberto De Zerbi's team that has failed to score in their last two outings.

Brighton have only managed nine strikes across eight away games.

Timber continues to be a steady option each gameweek , possessing greater goal threat operating as right-back.

Hincapie has collected defensive contribution points over his last four starts, including two clean sheets.

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

One could select six Anfield assets this week if the rules permitted.

Wolves were shut out for the tenth occasion so far in a recent 2-0 defeat at Molineux to Brentford.

The Midlands side have only managed nine goals in total, including two away from home. That makes this one of the safest clean sheet bet available.

Omar Alderete, Sunderland, £4m – vs Leeds (H).

Even with the Yorkshire club's better offensive form – and the form of Dominic Calvert-Lewin – I'm backing a Stadium of Light clean sheet on home soil.

It would be their third consecutive , with Alderete establishing himself as an outstanding value defender option. You can start him confidently across many fixtures, thanks to his potential for 'defcon' returns.

Midfielders

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

The English midfielder is expected to take on a bigger part at Old Trafford in the next few games, due to their Portuguese maestro suffering an injury.

Recently, Erik ten Hag's team registered the best xG across the Premier League by a comfortable distance – 8.78 versus second-best Leeds United's 5.68.

Their opponents are a Newcastle side that has been poor in away matches – managing one win in seven.

Mount could well take over many of the injured star's playmaking duties, especially on set-pieces, and could feature behind the striker.

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

The German playmaker is due a significant score and a fixture at Anfield against Wolves representing the prime time for it.

Wirtz has delivered returns across his last four games – a pair of assists and one 'defcon' display.

In that period he has created 10 chances, the highest among all his teammates, and his xG totals 0.88.

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

After recording 30 points in two games, the midfielder's current form is impossible to ignore.

He is Villa's main goal threat, with an ability to scoring a strike with half a yard of room inside the area.

An away trip at Stamford Bridge might seem a challenging proposition, the Birmingham club have won at that ground on two occasions in the last three campaigns.

Strikers

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

Due to facing an abysmal Wolves side, a lack of competition for a starting spot, coupled with scored a five-goal haul in three games, Ekitike gets the captain's armband this week.

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

There's no benching the Norwegian goal machine, however because he has a tricky away game in this round, the choice is to look elsewhere for the armband.

Jarrod Bowen, West Ham, £7.6m