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How many Liverpool players might you fit inside your squad this week?

The Merseyside club are coming off two consecutive victories , with a red-hot forward in their French frontman ahead of a fixture with a struggling Wolves side currently heading towards an abysmal top-flight campaigns ever.

For managers who kept some of your AFCON free transfers , with the budget to upgrade after losing the sidelined Manchester United's playmaker, then Liverpool picks should be the primary focus.

The team of the week is chosen based on present FPL costs to stay under a £100m cap, as if activating a Free Hit.

A Look Back at Last Week's Selection?

Captain Erling Haaland (a huge score) , alongside the hot pair of Bournemouth's forward (10 points) plus Liverpool's frontman guided the selection to a handsome score – enhanced by a double-digit performance from Antonee Robinson off the bench.

This Week's FPL Team of the Week for the Upcoming Round

Goalkeeper and Defenders

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

Arsenal's defence experienced a brief dip after the absence of their Brazilian defender, yet they've recorded two clean sheets in their past four , boasting 9 to their name with not even the campaign's midpoint gone.

The Emirates Stadium outfit have conceded in only three fixtures at the Emirates campaign. The strikes they conceded came from a Manchester City superstar, a long-range effort from Tottenham's forward , plus a surprise goal from Tolu Arokodare.

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

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

Not only are they the best defensive unit in the game, recording shutouts in the majority of their matches, they host a Brighton side that has drawn a blank in their last two games.

The South Coast club have scored just nine strikes across eight away games.

The Dutch defender continues to be a reliable choice each gameweek , with more offensive potential operating as right-back.

Hincapie has collected defensive contribution points in four consecutive appearances, which included two clean sheets.

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

One could select six Anfield assets this week if possible.

Gary O'Neil's team failed to score once again so far in Saturday's two-nil defeat at Molineux to Brentford.

They have only managed nine strikes this campaign, including two on the road. It represents one of the safest shutout opportunity imaginable.

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

Despite Leeds United's improved offensive form – highlighted by their striker – we're selecting a Sunderland shutout on home soil.

This would secure a third consecutive , with the Paraguayan defender becoming a prime budget defensive pick. You can field him confidently in most games, thanks to his potential for 'defcon' returns.

Midfielders

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

Mount should play a bigger role for Old Trafford in the next few games, following Bruno Fernandes suffering an injury.

Over the past three games, United registered the greatest xG in the league by over three goals – 8.78 versus second-best Leeds' 5.68.

They face a Newcastle side who have been poor in away matches – with just a single victory in their last seven.

Mount may inherit a large share of the injured star's playmaking duties, especially from dead-ball situations, and could feature in the number 10 role.

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

The German playmaker is due a major point return and a fixture at Anfield versus Wolves being the prime scenario for that to happen.

Wirtz has posted points across four recent fixtures – two assists and one defensive contribution performance.

During that spell he's made 10 chances, a team-high of any Liverpool, and his expected goals totals 0.88.

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

With 30 points across two gameweeks, the midfielder's hot streak is impossible to ignore.

He is Villa's talisman, who can scoring a goal with half a yard of space inside the area.

An away trip to Stamford Bridge may appear a difficult proposition, the Birmingham club have won at that ground in two of recent years.

Strikers

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

Because of his fixture, a lack of competition for a starting spot, and having bagged five goals over three matches, the French striker gets the captain's armband this week.

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

There's no dropping the Norwegian goal machine, although because he has a tougher away game this week, the choice is to pass over him for the armband.

Jarrod Bowen, West Ham United, £7.6m