Head-to-head· Serbia and Japan will meet for the third time in the World Cup. Serbia won the previous two meetings - 3-1 in 2007 and 3-0 in 2011.
· Japan have won the last two encounters with Serbia in all major international tournament - 3-1 at both the 2014 and 2015 World Grand Prix.
· In all of their major international tournaments meetings Japan leads with five wins to Serbia's four.
Japan· Japan have won 11 of their last 12 World Cup matches and are unbeaten in their last five, since a 3-2 defeat against Russia on 23 August.
· Japan have won their last five matches and can win six in a row for the first time at a single World Cup edition.
· They can win three in a row in straight sets for the first time since 2011, when their run of three straight-sets wins included a 3-0 victory against Korea.
· Haruka Miyashita will celebrate her 21st birthday on the day of the match.
Serbia· On Monday, Serbia came back from two sets down to win 3-2 against Russia, ending Russia's winning streak at the 2015 World Cup.
· Serbia are now on a six-match winning streak, their best run in World Cup history.
· Even if they keep winning all remaining matches they could miss out on the top two spots because of the points tiebreaker.
· Tijana Boskovic scored 27 points in Serbia's 3-2 win against Russia on Monday, including 26 from 41 spike attempts.