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What number of Liverpool players are you able to squeeze into your team for this round?

The Merseyside club are coming off back-to-back wins , with a in-form attacker in their French frontman going into a clash with Wolves who are on course for a historically poor Premier League campaigns ever.

Should you have held onto some of your AFCON transfers , with the cash to spend after losing the sidelined Manchester United's playmaker, in that case assets from Anfield players should be the main consideration.

The team of the week is assembled using present FPL costs to stay under a £100m spending limit, as if using a Free Hit chip.

How Did The Previous Team?

Skipper Erling Haaland (32 points) , combined with the productive pair of Antoine Semenyo (10 points) and Liverpool's frontman propelled the selection to a respectable total – with a bonus a double-digit cameo from Fulham's defender as a substitute.

The FPL Selection for the Upcoming Round

Keeper & Defence

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

The North London side's backline suffered a minor wobble in the wake of the absence of Gabriel, yet they've kept two clean sheets in their past four , boasting nine so far with not even the campaign's midpoint played.

The Emirates Stadium outfit have conceded in only three fixtures at the Emirates campaign. Those goals came from a Manchester City superstar, a long-range effort from Richarlison and a late goal from Tolu Arokodare.

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

It's a triple selection on the Arsenal defence.

Not only are they the strongest defence in FPL, with a clean sheet in over 50% of their fixtures, they host a Roberto De Zerbi's side that has not found the net in their last two matches.

The South Coast club have scored just nine goals across eight matches on the road.

Timber remains a solid choice every week and has more goal threat operating as the full-back role.

Hincapie has collected defensive contribution points in four consecutive starts, featuring a pair of shutouts.

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

One could select six Anfield assets this week if allowed.

Wolves drew another blank once again in 17 games during Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Molineux to the Bees.

The Midlands side have scored just 9 strikes all season, with only two away from home. That makes this one of the safest shutout bet imaginable.

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

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

That would mark their third in a row and Alderete is cementing himself as an outstanding value defensive pick. Managers can start him regularly in most games, thanks to his regular 'defcon' returns.

Midfield

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

The English midfielder will likely assume a bigger part at Old Trafford over the coming fixtures, due to their Portuguese maestro out injured.

Recently, Erik ten Hag's team have generated the highest expected goals (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 on the road – with just one win in their last seven.

The former Chelsea man could well assume a large share of the injured star's creative responsibilities, notably from dead-ball situations, potentially feature behind the striker.

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

Wirtz is due a major point return , with a fixture at Anfield versus the struggling Wolves presenting an ideal scenario for that to happen.

Wirtz has registered attacking returns in three of his past four games – two assists and one 'defcon' display.

During that spell he has created 10 chances, a team-high of any his teammates, while his xG totals 0.88.

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

Boasting 30 points in two games, Rogers' current form is impossible to ignore.

He's Aston Villa's talisman, capable of creating a goal with minimal room in the box.

A fixture at Chelsea could be viewed as a tough proposition, the Birmingham club have emerged victorious at that ground twice during recent years.

Strikers

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

Due to his fixture, a lack of competition for a starting spot, and having notched five goals in three games, Ekitike earns the captain's armband for this round.

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

There's no omitting Haaland, although with him having a tougher away game in this round, I'm willing to look elsewhere with the captain's role.

Jarrod Bowen, West Ham, £7.6m