Dial travel to Reigate Priory this evening (10 Nov) in a bid to reach the last eight of the Southern Combination Football League Division One Challenge Cup at Horley Town's The New Defence ground. 7:30pm k.o.

It's the second time in six weeks that Dial return to Horley to play the Priory after the two sides played out a hard-fought 0-0 draw in September.

Since then, Reigate have had a mixed bag of results, thrashing Arundel 7-0 and beating play-off hopefuls Hailsham Town 3-1 on Saturday (7 Nov), but losing 3-1 to home to basement club Shoreham and going down 1-0 away to East Preston.

Despite this, Dale Wyatt's side remain fifth in the division one table, two points ahead of Dial in eighth. They've also scored 13 goals more (36 vs 23) in only one extra league game. However, tonight is Priory's first appearance in this season's Challenge Cup after they were one of 12 teams to receive a bye through to the second round.

In contrast, Dial were only one of eight clubs that competed in the first round, coming from behind to beat Loxwood 3-1 at The Nest three weeks ago.

Dial boss Brown is expected to keep faith with the mainstay of the squad that beat Shoreham 3-1 at home on Saturday (7 Nov), albeit he will use the cup fixture to give some players more minutes to help with match fitness.

Oluwatomiwa 'Tomi' Bankole, Jack Sherwood, Luke Taylor and Joss Cooper are all expected to return to the 16-man squad for the trip to Horley, while Aidan Doran and Callum Abraham-Barlow are both unavailable.

Speaking to DialSquareFC.com ahead of the match, Brown said: "Reigate are a strong, physical side, so it's important to have a strong crop of players available to deal with a number of possible scenarios.

"The fixture provides a good opportunity to give players more game time, which paid dividends against Loxwood a few weeks ago. I will he looking for more of the same against Reigate [Priory].

"It's bound to be another hard match, but I'm looking forward to the challenge," he added.

For fans travelling to Horley this evening, you can use our travel guide here.

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