Stuttering Serbia face in-form Americans

· USA have won four of their six matches against Serbia in the World Grand Prix.

· Serbia won the last meeting in the World Grand Prix in August 2013: 3-1. Serbia's other win came in 2011.

· At the 2014 World Championship, USA defeated Serbia 3-0.

· Serbia have lost four of their first five World Grand Prix matches in 2015. On Saturday, they gave up a 2-1 lead to lose 3-2 in Russia against the hosts.

· This was Serbia’s 10th five-set defeat at the World Grand Prix and their second in 2015. In World Grand Prix history, they have won three five-setters.

· Serbia experience their worst start of a World Grand Prix season with only one win in the first five matches. They always had at least two wins at this point.

· Five matches, five victories. United States are having their best World Grand Prix start since 2012, the year in which they won all 14 matches en route to their last World Grand Prix title to date.

· United States have won their last eight World Grand Prix matches. In the last seven, they have avoided conceding more than one set.

· Nicole Fawcett overtook Karsta Lowe as United States’ top scorer in the 2015 World Grand Prix with 50 points to 49. Saturday’s top scorer Kimberly Hill (21 points against Turkey) is edging closer at 46.