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

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

Giovanni Boldini spent much of the race considerably closer to a strong pace set by Bobby's Kitten than the winner, and Outstrip might be only a marginal favourite to reverse the form if the pair meet again in the 2,000 Guineas next year.

Racing, marginal favourites to meet Saracens in the final, also employ the former Munster and Ireland fly-half Ronan O'Gara on their coaching staff.

"Now we're one point behind England but we have to make up for lost points," said Fomenko, who knows that withtwo of Ukraine's four remaining games being against San Marino, his side may now be marginal favourites to top the group.

When you factor in the recent 3-0 series defeat in India, South Africa's first in Tests away from home in nine years, and the uncertainty over their top order, you could argue England are marginal favourites to win the series despite Anderson's fitness issues.

The other mini-league is even harder to call with so little seemingly separating the contenders and former champions Enyimba and Raja marginal favourites to make the semi-finals.

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.

Djokovic should start only a marginal favourite against his compatriot Janko Tipsarevic on Friday, his straight-sets loss to Ferrer on Wednesday night having etched doubt in bookmakers' minds; Ferrer plays Berdych, and that is very much an even-money proposition.