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What number of Liverpool players can you squeeze in your lineup for this round?

The Merseyside club have secured back-to-back wins , with a in-form striker in their French frontman preparing for a fixture with a struggling Wolves side currently on course for an abysmal top-flight campaigns in history.

Should you have kept a portion of your AFCON free transfers , with the funds to upgrade by replacing the unavailable Bruno Fernandes, consequently assets from Anfield picks ought to be the main consideration.

This weekly selection is assembled using current FPL prices to stay under a £100m cap, as if you were playing a Free Hit.

A Look Back at Last Week's Selection?

Skipper Manchester City's striker (32 points) , alongside the productive duo of Antoine Semenyo (10 points) and Liverpool's frontman led the team to a respectable 82 points – with a bonus a double-digit contribution from Antonee Robinson as a substitute.

This Week's FPL Selection for Matchday 18

Goalkeeper & Defenders

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

Arsenal's backline experienced a slight stumble after an injury to their Brazilian defender, yet they've kept two shutouts recently , boasting 9 to their name with not even half the season completed.

The Emirates Stadium outfit have let in goals in only three matches at home this season. Those goals were scored by a Manchester City superstar, a long-range effort from Richarlison , plus a surprise goal from Tolu Arokodare.

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

It's a triple selection on the Arsenal backline.

They are the top defence statistically, recording shutouts in over 50% of their fixtures, they take on a Roberto De Zerbi's team who have drawn a blank in their past two outings.

Brighton have scored just 9 goals across eight away games.

Timber is a reliable pick each gameweek and has more offensive potential now he is right-back.

Hincapie has registered 'defcon' points in four consecutive starts, including two clean sheets.

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

One could select six Liverpool assets this week if allowed.

Wolves drew another blank for the 10th time this season during a recent two-nil defeat at Molineux to the Bees.

The Midlands side have scored just 9 goals this campaign, including a couple on the road. That makes this as safe a clean sheet opportunity available.

Omar Alderete, the Black Cats, £4m – vs Leeds United (H).

Even with the Yorkshire club's improved goalscoring upturn – and the form of Dominic Calvert-Lewin – we're selecting a Sunderland shutout on home soil.

That would mark their third in a row and Alderete is cementing himself as a prime value defensive pick. Managers can field him confidently across many fixtures, given his potential for defensive contribution returns.

Midfield

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

Mount should play a key responsibility at Old Trafford over the coming fixtures, due to Bruno Fernandes suffering an injury.

In their last three matches, United registered the greatest xG across the Premier League by over three goals – 8.78 compared to second-best Leeds' 5.68.

They face a Newcastle United team that has been poor in away matches – with just a single victory in seven.

Mount is likely to inherit a large share of Fernandes' playmaking duties, particularly from dead-ball situations, and could feature in the number 10 role.

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

Wirtz is poised for a big haul , with a home match versus Wolves being the prime time for it.

He has delivered returns in three out of his past four fixtures – two assists and one 'defcon' display.

During that spell his chance creation stands at 10 chances, the highest 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 current form is impossible to ignore.

He's Villa's talisman, capable of creating a goal from the smallest room in the box.

A fixture to Chelsea may appear a difficult assignment, but Villa have won there twice during the last three campaigns.

Strikers

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

Because of facing an abysmal Wolves side, a lack of rivalry for his place, and having bagged a five-goal haul over three matches, the French striker earns the captaincy this week.

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

There's no benching Haaland, however because he has a tougher fixture on the road in this round, we are opting to bet against him for the armband.

Jarrod Bowen, West Ham United, £7.6m