Head-to-Head• This will be the first match between Australia and United States at the World Championships.
• USA have won all three encounters at major competitions, most recently a 3-1 victory in their gold medal winning campaign in the 2014 World League.
Australia• Australia have won two matches so far at the 2014 World Championships. They had a total of two wins at the World Championships in all of their previous 23 matches.
• They can lose three matches in a row for the second time these World Championships after consecutive defeats against Poland, Serbia and Argentina.
United States• USA can win four consecutive matches at the World Championships for the first time since eight in 1998-2002.
• They have won their last three matches by a 3-1 scoreline. The last time they won four matches in a row by the same scoreline was in 1982, when they won four matches in a row in straight sets.
• Taylor Sander (129) and Matthew Anderson (123) only trail France's Antonin Rouzier as top scorers at the 2014 championships. Australia's Thomas Edgar has scored 122 points.