Ryder Cup 2018 Leaderboard: Scores and Exciting Highlights from Saturday

Europe hold a commanding 10-6 lead over the United States heading into the final round of the 2018 Ryder Cup on Sunday.

The hosts excelled at the Albatros Course at France's Le Golf National on Saturday and look the likely victors heading into Sunday's singles round, with four-and-a-half points needed to reclaim the Ryder Cup.

In 41 editions of the competition, teams have only come back to win on the final day nine times, per the official Ryder Cup website.

Unsurprisingly, most of Saturday's highlight moments went in favour of the Europeans, and the PGA Tour broke down each player's contribution after two days of the tournament in France:

Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas their strong play for the visitors and were the only Americans to win in both sessions on Saturday. Ian Poulter was on the receiving end both times and bowed out with a hole to spare alongside Jon Rahm in the morning fourballs, while he and Rory McIlroy lost their foursome later on, 4 & 3.

The group matchups are now out of the way, however, and all that remains is the singles matchups for Sunday, which were released after the second day's play finished:

The impressive European pair of Fleetwood and Molinari even clinched a small piece of history, per Sky Sports Golf:

Tiger Woods was far from his best alongside an error-prone Patrick Reed in the fourballs, but he couldn't fare any better against Fleetwood and Molinari with Bryson DeChambeau, bowing out with four holes to spare in the foursome.

McIlroy had mixed fortunes on Saturday, beating Brooks Koepka and Tonu Finau with aid from Garcia in the foursomes before Spieth and Thomas rained on his parade in the afternoon.

But not before the Northern Irishman underlined his putting ability in response to some earlier heckles from the crowd:

There was also a priceless reaction from veteran Phil Mickelson, who showed his admiration for a Thomas drive:

French professional golfer and former U.S. Open runner-up Gregory Havret also took advantage of time between play to gee up the crowd:

The United States face a crucial night's recovery if they're to have any chance of retaining the Ryder Cup, not to mention win it on foreign shores for the first time in 25 years.