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How many Liverpool selections are you able to squeeze inside your team in the upcoming gameweek?

The Merseyside club have secured a pair of triumphs , with a red-hot striker in their French frontman ahead of a clash with a struggling Wolves side currently heading towards an abysmal Premier League campaigns on record.

If you've held onto a few of your AFCON free transfers , with the cash to upgrade by replacing the injured Manchester United's playmaker, then Liverpool players should be the main consideration.

The team of the week is assembled based on latest Fantasy Premier League valuations to stay under a 100 million pound budget, as if activating a Free Hit chip.

A Look Back at Last Week's Team?

Captain Erling Haaland (32 points) , combined with the hot pair of Bournemouth's forward (10 points) plus Liverpool's frontman led the selection to a handsome 82 points – with a bonus a double-digit performance from Fulham's defender off the bench.

The Fantasy Premier League Selection for Gameweek 18

Goalkeeper and Defence

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

Arsenal's defence experienced a slight stumble following an injury to Gabriel, however, they've kept two clean sheets in their past four and have 9 already before the campaign's midpoint played.

The Emirates Stadium outfit have conceded in just a handful of fixtures at the Emirates campaign. Those goals came from Erling Haaland, a long-range effort from Tottenham's forward and a unexpected goal from Tolu Arokodare.

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

We're opting for a triple selection on the Gunners' defence.

They are the best defence in the game, recording shutouts in more than half of their fixtures, they face a Roberto De Zerbi's side that has not found the net in two consecutive outings.

The South Coast club have only managed nine goals in eight away games.

Timber is a reliable choice every week and has more goal threat now he is right-back.

The Ecuadorian has earned defensive contribution points in his past four starts, including a pair of shutouts.

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

One could select half a dozen Liverpool players for this fixture if allowed.

Gary O'Neil's team failed to score for the tenth occasion in 17 games in a recent two-nil defeat at Molineux to the Bees.

They have a paltry nine goals in total, with only two on the road. This is as safe a clean sheet opportunity possible.

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

Even with the Yorkshire club's recent goalscoring upturn – including the performances of Dominic Calvert-Lewin – we're selecting a Sunderland clean sheet at home.

It would be a third in a row and the Paraguayan defender establishing himself as an outstanding budget defensive pick. You can field him with assurance in most games, thanks to his consistent 'defcon' points.

Midfielders

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

The English midfielder should play a bigger responsibility at Old Trafford over the coming fixtures, due to their Portuguese maestro suffering an injury.

Recently, United have generated the highest expected goals (xG) statistically by over three goals – 8.78 compared to the next best Leeds United's 5.68.

Their opponents are a Newcastle United team that has not excelled away from home – with just one win from seven attempts.

Mount could well inherit many of the injured star's creative responsibilities, especially on set-pieces, and could feature behind the striker.

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

Wirtz is on the verge of a significant score and a fixture at Anfield against Wolves representing a perfect opportunity for it.

He has registered attacking returns in three of his last four fixtures – two assists and one defensive contribution performance.

In that period his chance creation stands at 10 chances, the most of any Liverpool, while his xG is 0.88.

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

Boasting 30 points in two games, the midfielder's hot streak is impossible to ignore.

He's Aston Villa's talisman, who can creating a strike from half a yard of room inside the area.

An away trip to Stamford Bridge may appear a tough assignment, but Villa have won at that ground on two occasions in the past three seasons.

Forwards

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

Given facing an abysmal Wolves side, having no rivalry for his place, and having notched a five-goal haul in three games, Ekitike receives the captain's armband for this round.

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

There's no omitting the Norwegian goal machine, but because he has a more difficult away game this week, I'm willing to bet against him with the captain's role.

Jarrod Bowen, West Ham, £7.6m