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A match between two worst teams in this year's Grand Prix, each have one win and five defeats. Still, there are a few details that make me believe Thailand will win. First, even though the least important, hosting the tournament played in Bangkok this weekend. Also, Thailand have been close to home for almost all three weeks. They played in Korea, in Hong Kong last weekend, and started getting ready on Monday. On the other side, the Dominicans played two European tournaments, started their trip to Bangkok on Monday evening, and had less than three days to adjust. In game, this is a match between the organized Thai team, who don't have a lost ball in the offensive, whose setters and forwards communicate easily, and have a characteristic speed in the offense realization. Their traditional problem is height, they lack points from the block, but that's compensated by persistence and lots of energy in other segments. The Dominicans are an extremely offensive team, have multiple quality options in the offense, aggressive approach to the serve, but their reception isn't consistent, which often causes lots of mistakes, something characteristic for this team in almost any match, especially against teams like Thailand. The Dominicans played only one Grand Prix match against an Asian team (defeat against China 3-0). The home team will get back the center blocker Thinkaow Pleumjit back for this tournament. She's an important link, especially in the offense realization.