Third-placed JTEKT Stings Aichi will also play at home this weekend. They will welcome Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers to the Okazaki Central Park Gymnasium on Saturday and Sunday at 14:05 (05:05). Aichi stand third on 15-7 and 43, while their visitors are third from the bottom, in eighth place on 7-15 and 21. In their previous double header this season, JTEKT brought home the full six points from their visit to Sakai, 3-1 and 3-0.
Tokyo Great Bears will be looking to consolidate their position in the top half of the table as they entertain Voreas Hokkaido at the Yoyogi National Stadium 2nd Gymnasium. These two matches will also serve off at 14:05 (05:05). After losing two games at Sakai last weekend, fifth-placed Tokyo will be looking to re-balance their negative record, which stands at 9-11 and 26. Voreas will try to snap out of a four-game losing run and climb up from the ninth place, where they stand on 5-15 and 17. It will be the first encounters between these two teams this SV.League season.
The team at the very bottom of the table, Nagano Tridents, sliding down a negative streak of 15 consecutive losses, will play at home, at the Air Water Arena Matsumoto on Saturday at 14:05 (05:05) and on Sunday at 13:05 (04:05), taking on Hiroshima Thunders for the first time this season. Nagano trail in 10th place on 3-19 and 14, while Hiroshima are fifth on 8-12 and 25.
