Sentences with phrase «as slight favourites»

Verdict: Liverpool are going as slight favourites in the betting for this one, which may sound strange to punters who will rush to back West Brom at value.

Man City go into the game as slight favourites with the bookmakers and are 7/5 to win with Betway.

The bookmakers have Swansea as slight favourites to win the game, and given their recent form this is justified.

The home team, who have Middlesbrough's Emilio Nsue (pictured) among their ranks, will begin the game as slight favourites.

The Merseyside giants were forced to come from behind after falling behind to Oleh Gusev's early strike, but did so in fine style thanks to goals from Steven Naismith and Lukaku's second - half penalty, meaning Roberto Martinez's side now travel to Ukraine as slight favourites.

Not exact matches

Although the Gunners are still slight favourites to persuade Jack to stay he is only even money to go elsewhere, with Everton hot favourites to pay him the 8m GBP as a signing on fee.

Paris Saint - Germain seem to be the slight favourites to land the 32 - year - old at the moment, while Liverpool, Inter Milan and AS Roma are also mentioned as interested in signing hiAS Roma are also mentioned as interested in signing hias interested in signing him.

Still, there is a crumb of comfort for Spurs fans â $ «the second leg is at White Hart Lane and they are now slight favourites to go through, as long as Wenger doesn't suddenly pull his first XI out of the bag at the last minute.

Liverpool are the slight favourites to win as the home team but a lot of people think that Mourinho and his Manchester United will come away as winners.

Costner has never stricken me, at least with his own projects, as the slightest bit condescending, his gift the reality or illusion that America's favourite simpleton is learning things at the same pace as his screenplays.

Woodley and Elgort make their sympathetic characters most appealable, while Laura Dern, as Hazel's mother, and Willem Dafoe, as the cantankerous writer of Hazel's favourite, have impressive, if slight, turns.

My least favourite things would be those damn cornering lamps, the black interior looks dirty within days (see photos), the slight gas - pedal pause, the heated seats do not stay on between drives, the ever present slight antifreeze smell when the heater is on (though all of my more recent VWs had this as well) and it is difficult to clean the inside of the front windscreen (this may have something to do with the vapours from the antifreeze smell, as my previous newer VWs also had this).

It's a slight disappointment not to see some our favourites from retro titles, such as Ike and Oscar, but it's justified given the heavy focus on the cast of Awakening and the popular mobile title, Fire Emblem Heroes.