Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson will open again as Europe look to extend their 5-3 lead on the second day of the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.
The pair won two focuses on Friday and face Bubba Watson and Matt Kuchar in Saturday's opening fourball match.
Rory Mcilroy will play with Ian Poulter against Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler.
Jamie Donaldson and Lee Westwood match up again against Jim Furyk and Hunter Mahan. Thomas Bjorn and Martin Kaymer meet Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth.
The US won the opening foursomes session 2½-1½ yet Europe surged once again to secure the fourballs 3½-1½ to take the overnight focal point.
Also European skipper Paul Mcginley was charmed with his side's foursomes execution.
Saturday's fourballs (Europe first)
Justin Rose & Henrik Stenson v Bubba Watson & Patrick Reed
Jamie Donaldson & Lee Westwood v Jim Furyk & Hunter Mahan
Thomas Bjorn & Martin Kaymer v Patrick Reed & Jordan Spieth
Rory Mcilroy & Ian Poulter v Jimmy Walker & Rickie Fowler
"It was tremendous, an incredible reaction," said the Irishman. "As we have all seen in Ryder Cups through the years, force might be a gigantic and key component.
"It looked like at one stage we were going to win 3-1 in the morning and wound up losing 1½ to 2½.
"The way the Americans played the last few gaps was exceptionally solid and they surely had their tails up going into the evening sessions.
"That can regularly have an expansive influence and a domino impact so for our fellows to respond the way they did, for every one of the four matches to be up after six openings, was a tremendous reaction.
"It demonstrates a colossal measure of character that we have, immense measure of ability that we can turn out with such solid pairings toward the evening and an incredible reaction and strength from the group."
Mcginley likewise clarified his choice to match Mcilroy with Poulter on Saturday, after the last endured his greatest misfortune in the Ryder Cup when he and Stephen Gallacher were beaten 5&4 by tenderfoot sets Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed.
Ian Poulter plays a dugout shot
Poulter and Stephen Gallacher were beaten 5&4 by Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed
"I return him with Rory on the grounds that he played the senior figure today with Stevie Gallacher and clearly it didn't go well," Mcginley included. "Also Ian Poulter's heart is that huge, as we all know and that was a true body blow for him to lose a match intensely in a Ryder Cup.
"I simply need to bring Ian Poulter go down again and put him on the shoulder of the world's best player, and I know he'll react to that."
US commander Tom Watson said of his side: "They are frustrated they didn't accomplish it, however they've been disillusioned in the recent past.
"I trust in them, and they have faith in themselves. This is simply the second quarter of the ball amusement."
Watson astonished a lot of people by forgetting Spieth and Reed from Friday's foursomes session after the US newbies trounced Poulter and Gallacher.
"I know the inquiry is going to be gotten some information about Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed, whether I ought to have played them toward the evening, and I thought at the time it was the best choice not to play them," he said.
"There were a mixed bag of reasons, yet I won't go into those. It was a choice that my bad habit chiefs and I made."
The American captain has forgotten veteran Phil Mickelson, playing in his tenth Ryder Cup, and accomplice Keegan Bradley after the pair appreciated a thin win against Mcilroy and Garcia however lost intensely to Victor Dubuisson and Graeme Mcdowell.
"They are tired," said Watson. "Show them an a bit of mercy in the morning, recover their legs, and there's a decent risk they'll go toward the evening somehow, shape or struc
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