Athletes who have been expected to win have indeed won.
The governing national alliance had been expected to win state elections.
Gov. Roy Barnes, the Democratic incumbent, had been expected to win.
They've looked less comfortable in the games they've been expected to win easily.
Michael Kennedy had managed the campaign, and his brother had been expected to win.
The center-right Dutch Liberal Party had been expected to win the election after promising severe cuts in government spending.
His main contenders were Sean Gallagher, an independent who had been expected to win, and Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein.
Though Mr Wasserhövel had been expected to win, the party's executive committee voted 24 to 13 for Ms Nahles.
Dr. Hilleman, who might reasonably have been expected to win a Nobel Prize, got hate mail and death threats instead.
The Liberal Party, which is pro-Beijing and pro-business, lost three seats that it had been expected to win.
The winner took many by surprise; Ali Smith had been expected to win for her novel "The Accidental".
