Gameday in Grojni for the first round of the Russian Cup betweek Akhmat Grojni & Orenburg.

In RPL at the moment Akhmat is ranked 10 with 2 wins, 2 draws & 3 losses for 10 goals scored & 11 goals conceded.

On their side Orenburg is ranked 12 with 2 wins & 5 losses for 9 goals scored & 17 goals conceded.

Very good value here, of course usually Akhmat Grojni is stronger than Orenburg but for today the coach said that they would make rotation and I wanted to see the line up to be sure and indeed, Akhmat is going with almost a totally alternative line up.

Orenburg on their side has some rotation but they have a much more normal line up as they have a lot of starters.

Akhmat is also aiming the next game in few days against Loko who is much more important for them and much more difficult.

I expect of course Akhmat to dominate more this game but the quality difference isn't that big as odds suggest it.

I expect 1-1 or 2-1.