Tadley Calleva host Dartford in the FA Cup. Dartford have played a lot of football lately across league and cup, with results swinging both ways, while Tadley Calleva's smaller sample of games has mostly gone their way.
Dartford's cup form and their league form tell two different stories right now, and that gap is worth keeping in mind heading into this tie.
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Dartford's mixed run, Tadley Calleva's small but tidy sample
Dartford's overall record of 12 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from 20 games, with 34 goals scored against 22 conceded, points to a decent season on the whole. But the recent detail is patchier. They won 4-2 at home in the FA Cup against Hayes & Yeading United, then lost back-to-back league games at Enfield Town (0-2) and Carshalton Athletic (0-3), before returning to cup duty with wins and a draw against Westfield. So the cup form has held up better than the league form of late.
Tadley Calleva: 7 completed matches; Dartford: 20 completed matches.
Tadley Calleva
- Win
- 85.7% 6 / 7
- Draw
- 0% 0 / 7
- Loss
- 14.3% 1 / 7
- Scored
- 16
- Conceded
- 6
- Difference
- +10
Dartford
- Win
- 65% 13 / 20
- Draw
- 10% 2 / 20
- Loss
- 25% 5 / 20
- Scored
- 35
- Conceded
- 20
- Difference
- +15
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA Cup | Bishop's Cleeve | Tadley Calleva | 19.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| FA Cup | Tadley Calleva | Laverstock & Ford | 05.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Ashford Town (Middlesex) | Tadley Calleva | 21.07.2026 | 0-1 |
| FA Cup | Bracknell Town | Tadley Calleva | 13.09.2025 | 2-0 |
| FA Cup | Tadley Calleva | Weymouth | 30.08.2025 | 4-2 |
| FA Cup | Christchurch | Tadley Calleva | 15.08.2025 | 0-3 |
| FA Cup | Tadley Calleva | Millbrook FC | 02.08.2025 | 4-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA Trophy | Leiston | Dartford | 26.09.2026 | 0-3 |
| FA Cup | Dartford | Hayes & Yeading United | 19.09.2026 | 4-2 |
| Non League Premier - Isthmian | Enfield Town | Dartford | 15.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Non League Premier - Isthmian | Carshalton Athletic | Dartford | 12.09.2026 | 0-3 |
| FA Cup | Dartford | Westfield (Surrey) | 08.09.2026 | 2-0 |
| FA Cup | Westfield (Surrey) | Dartford | 05.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Non League Premier - Isthmian | Dartford | Chatham Town | 31.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Non League Premier - Isthmian | Burgess Hill Town | Dartford | 28.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Non League Premier - Isthmian | Dartford | Welling United | 22.08.2026 | 0-3 |
| Non League Premier - Isthmian | Maldon & Tiptree | Dartford | 15.08.2026 | 1-2 |
Tadley Calleva's sample is much smaller, just 7 matches across this season and last, but it's a strong one: 6 wins and only 1 defeat, with 16 goals for and 6 against. Nearly all of those games are FA Cup ties, including a 1-0 win away at Bishop's Cleeve this month and a 3-1 win over Laverstock & Ford. The one blot is an 0-3 loss to Christchurch, but that was over a year ago now.
Tadley Calleva's cup record looks tidy, but with only seven games logged it's a thin base to lean on heavily.
Comparative Team Statistics: Tadley Calleva vs Dartford
Two sides arriving with cup confidence
What stands out here is that both teams have looked more comfortable in cup football than elsewhere. Dartford's league form has dipped with two losses in their last few Isthmian outings, yet their cup results in the same window have been positive, including that 4-2 win and a battling 1-1 draw at Westfield before winning the replay. Tadley Calleva, for their part, have barely lost in the cup fixtures we can see, home or away.
That combination makes this a harder tie to read than the raw win counts might suggest. Dartford carry more goals and a fuller season of data, but their recent league slump shows they're not unbeatable right now. Tadley Calleva's cup pedigree in this small sample suggests they won't be pushovers on their own patch.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Coulson | England | 32 | Midfielder | 179 cm | 71 kg |
| J. Smith | England | 25 | Defender | 185 cm | 85 kg |
| L. Allen | England | 33 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| T. Block | England | 26 | Midfielder | 183 cm | 86 kg |
| J. Nembhard | England | 28 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Greenidge | England | 26 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Fumnaya Shomotun | England | 29 | Midfielder | 173 cm | 67 kg |
| J. Wynter | England | 32 | Defender | 186 cm | 77 kg |
| T. Maloney | England | 27 | Midfielder | 175 cm | 65 kg |
| T. Miller-Rodney | England | 32 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| C. Sheringham | England | 38 | Attacker | 187 cm | 80 kg |
| L. Manor | England | 35 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| S. Odaudu | England | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| A. Wall | England | 36 | Attacker | 191 cm | n/a |
| M. Statham | England | 26 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| B. Barzey | Montserrat | 27 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| G. Whitefield | England | n/a | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Boulton | England | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| O. Box | England | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| A. Day | England | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
With no market reference to weigh up and the evidence pointing in different directions for both sides, there isn't a clean angle to back here. Dartford's underlying season numbers are solid, but their recent league form undercuts that, while Tadley Calleva's cup run is encouraging without being large enough to trust fully.
On balance, this looks like one to watch rather than back. Both teams have shown they can perform in cup football recently, and that's about as far as the evidence takes us.
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