outside chance

According to my secret formula, which is obviously extremely scientific, the Tractor Boys only have an outside chance of staying up.

Carlo Ancelotti's men go into Wednesday's Champions League league-phase finale against Brest having already confirmed at least a place in the play-offs - and with an outside chance of sneaking into the top eight.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste has an outside chance at a nomination for playing a constantly miserable woman in Mike Leigh's Hard Truths, nearly three decades after her first nomination for their previous collaboration Secrets & Lies.

"I don't think it is going to happen but they have an outside chance. If they keep winning, let's see where it takes them."

Cincinnati has an outside chance of making a stirring playoff run, but the most likely scenario has Kansas City, Denver and the Chargers all making it from the AFC West.