FPL Gameweek 16 Best Wildcard Team

The new round of Fantasy Premier League is approaching so we take a look at the FPL Gameweek 16 best wildcard team. To do this we use the Fantasy Football Scout members area and Plan FPL and their fantastic tools.

Checking out our best Wildcard team each week can be extremely helpful. The Wildcard is one of several chips provided by the game. Wildcard users can make unlimited and permanent changes to their team before the deadline ahead.

Fixtures

Below we can see the Fantasy Football Scout Fixture Ticker. We can also see the teams at the top have the easiest fixtures and the teams at the bottom have the toughest fixtures for the next six Gameweeks.

Who has the best fixtures?

Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Newcastle all rank amongst the top five teams with the easiest fixtures.

Who has the worst fixtures?

Everton, Leicester, Brentford, West Ham and Manchester United all rank amongst the bottom five sides with the toughest fixtures.

Best Wildcard Team

With the help of the above and Plan FPL, we built the best Wildcard for Gameweek 16:

Goalkeepers

Sitting top for expected goals conceded recently, Arsenal are back to sustaining some of the best underlying defensive data in the league. With that in mind, and how unpredictable clean sheets have been elsewhere, it could be safer to just opt for David Raya (£5.5m) long-term.

Backing up David Raya in goal is West Ham’ Lukasz Fabianski (£4.1m). He will only feature in the event that Raya does not.

Defenders

Chelsea have fantastic fixtures ahead and cheap defensive assets. There most reliable defender in terms of gametime is Levi Colwill (£4.5m).

Arsenal look back to their best and have some great fixtures ahead. Because of this, doubling up in defence could be hugely beneficial. Whilst Gabriel continues to be a doubt, William Saliba (£6.1m) is fully fit and goes into the fixtures ahead off the back of securing two back-to-back double-digit hauls in his last two games.

Keeping more clean sheets than any other side this season, Liverpool also have a good schedule ahead. Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7m) ranks above every other defender for non-penalty expected goal involvement currently, so offers multiple routes to points.

Aston Villa’ Ezri Konsa (£4.4m) and Newcastle’ Lewis Hall (£4.4m) both help enable the rest of the squad. Both could also be viable options when easy fixtures arrive.

Midfielders

Bournemouth midfielder Antoine Semenyo (£5.7m) may have been frustrating for owners as of late, but he faces some ropey defences up next. The Cherries are on a good run of form, and their talisman remains top in his position for total attempts on goal.

Another player who helps enable the rest of the squad is Morgan Rogers (£5.4m). Rogers has become integral to Unai Emery’ attack this season, and plays for a fully capable frontline.

The triple up of Chelsea’ Cole Palmer (£11.1m), Arsenal’ Bukayo Saka (£10.5m) and Liverpool’ Mohamed Salah (£13.3m) could be seen as essential. All three have been excellent this season, take their sides penalties, and have fantastic fixtures ahead.

Forwards

No side has scored more than Chelsea in the league thus far, so, along with their great fixtures long-term, it could be rewarding to double up on their attack. Ranking amongst the best players in the league for non-penalty expected goal involvement is Nicolas Jackson (£8.2m).

Wolves face two poor promoted sides next up, so the cheap Strand Larsen (£5.6m) could continue to offer great value. Prior to Gameweek 15, The Norwegian collected six returns in a seven-match period.

Other than their fixture against Arsenal, Brighton face some poor defences in their matches ahead. Contributing to five of their goals in the last five matches is penalty taker Joao Pedro (£5.9m) who continues to impress since returning from injury.