Sentence examples for marginal favourite at from inspiring English sources

Burke weighed in at 172 pound, and started the contest as the marginal favourite at odds of 5 4.

The openers apart, only Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell managed double-figures - and their last-over assault on Dernbach helped to produce 15 runs, to make the Windies marginal favourites at the interval.

Six Nations champions Ireland start as marginal favourites at the Aviva Stadium as both sides enter the encounter with two wins from their opening two matches.

Waltz was the marginal favourite heading into the night, having already won at both the Golden Globes and Baftas.

Johannes Pollak, a political scientist at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Vienna, said Van der Bellen was a marginal favourite to win.

Scorsese is also the marginal favourite to win the best director award ahead of Eastwood.

Djokovic is the marginal favourite on paper - his record takes care of that - but this is about more than stats.

This time she is one of the most high-profile athletes from any sport at the Games and the most visible British athlete on billboards around the city despite the fact that current world champion Tatyana Chernova is marginal favourite for gold with bookmakers.

The Down final at Pairc Esler may be a lot closer with Burren possibly marginal favourites after their 7-16 to 0-9 semi-final demofition of Saval.

The Cowboys head into the clash marginal favourites and the numbers are on their side.

Assistant-coach Rowntree has outlined what will be required to topple the Wallabies, who enter what is expected to be another herculean struggle as marginal favourites.