Dagenham & Redbridge vs Waltham Abbey Betting Tips & Preview

Dagenham & Redbridge to win

Dagenham & Redbridge are our selection to get the job done in this FA Cup Second Round Qualifying replay against Waltham Abbey, with the model giving them a 61.0% chance of winning it. The two sides played out a stalemate just three days earlier, so there's little to separate them on paper, but home advantage in a straight knockout replay often tips things the way of the side with more resources and a settled squad, and that's the logic underpinning this pick. Waltham Abbey have shown they can beat sides put in front of them this season, but replays away from home against a side chasing progression carry their own pressures, and we're backing Dagenham to find a way through this time.

Recent Form

Dagenham & Redbridge's recent form is limited in the data available to us, with their last two completed fixtures both coming against Waltham Abbey themselves — the 2026-09-19 draw and this replay. That draw suggests parity between the sides rather than any dominant recent momentum for the hosts, and with no other results listed for Dagenham we can't point to a broader form guide beyond that single result.

Waltham Abbey arrive with a touch more to point to. They won away at Takeley on 2026-08-22 and followed that with another away victory at Brantham Athletic on 2026-09-05, both useful results heading into this run. That was interrupted by the 2026-09-19 draw with Dagenham, and now they return for the replay looking to go one better than they managed in the first meeting.

Head-to-Head

There's only one previous meeting between these two sides in the data we have, and it's the one that set up this very replay. On 2026-09-19, Waltham Abbey hosted Dagenham & Redbridge and the game finished level, leaving the tie to be settled in this second match. That gives Dagenham & Redbridge a record of 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses against Waltham Abbey from the meetings on record, which is to say there's no established pattern of dominance either way — just one tightly contested draw to go on.

Team News

Dagenham & Redbridge will be without Sam Graham, who has been out since 2026-09-05 with a hamstring injury, and Hamza Semakula, sidelined since 2026-07-22 with an unspecified injury. Neither absence is brand new, so the hosts have had time to adjust their setup around these gaps, though losing two players from the matchday pool is still worth factoring in.

Waltham Abbey have no players currently listed as sidelined in our data, meaning they should, in theory, be able to select from a fuller squad than their hosts. That's a point in their favour on paper, even if it hasn't been enough to separate the sides so far in this tie.