Olympiakos is three wins away from retaining its Super League crown after defeating second-placed Aris on Sunday, but the big win of the day belonged to PAOK that dismissed AEK, as the 10-round playoffs kicked off.
Aris tried to equalized in the rest of the match, but it was in vain, as Olympiakos held on to open a seemingly unassailable 19-point gap at the top of the table.
PAOK has moved up to third, leapfrogging AEK by beating it 3-1 at home with a solid performance it had long waited for. Andrija Zifkovic scored a brace around Karol Swiderski’s goal, while Nelson Oliveira had equalized for AEK.
Olympiakos leads the playoffs table with 70 points, Aris has 51, PAOK 50, AEK 48, Panathinaikos 46 and Asteras 43.
In the playouts Lamia beat host Panetolikos 3-0, PAS Giannina downed Atromitos 1-0 and OFI grabbed a 0-0 draw at Volos, but it was bottom team Larissa that took a leap to safety with a 2-0 triumph at Apollon Smyrnis.
Kathimerini