In a Super League Greece 1 clash of champions on Sunday, Olympiacos beat last year’s Greek Cup winners PAOK 2-1 to lead the table by one point after seven games played.
The game was settled by two first-half strikes by Olympiacos’ Aguibou Camara and Giorgos Masouras. PAOK’s consolation goal came 10 minutes from time, courtesy of Thomas Murg. The 26-year-old Austrian winger was denied a penalty appeal in injury time.
The loss sees the Thessaloniki team sharing third spot on the league with Volos on 13 points. They lie three points behind AEK (16 points) in second place.
Volos failed to make the most of home advantage on Sunday to lose 3-1 to AEK. Iranian Karim Ansarifard opened the scoring for the Yellow-Blacks. Steven Zuber and Ehsan Hajsafi added to AEK’s tally with Volos’ only response coming from Jean-Pierre Rhyner.
Panathinaikos stumbled to its third away defeat after a 2-1 loss to hosts Asteras Tripolis on Saturday. PAO who sit fifth on the table, took the lead thanks to league top scorer Carlitos’ strike. But the Peloponnesean side had the final word as they came back before the end of the first half with goals from Jeronimo Barrales and Kevin Soni.
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Panetolikos will want to forget their visit to Aris Thessaloniki after a 5-1 drubbing.
Apollon Smyrnis dislodged itself from the bottom of the log with a 1-0 victory over surprise package Pas Giannina who lie sixth on the log.
Atromitos took over at the bottom following a 2-0 home loss to Ionikos.
OFI drew at home in a goalless result with Lamia. The result leaves the Cretan team in eighth place, with Lamia eleventh on the league table.