PAOK beat visiting Xanthi 2-1 to take sole possession of third place in the Greek league after AEK’s humiliating 4-0 home loss to newcomer Volos on Saturday.
PAOK moved three points clear of AEK.
Leader Olympiakos travels to Asteras on Sunday, when defending champion Panathinaikos visits Panionios. Olympiakos was 5 points ahead of Panathinaikos.
After Stefanos Athanasiadis scored, Mauro Poy equalized for Xanthi, then Dimitris Salpingidis netted the winner for PAOK in the 81st minute.
Kerkyra beat last-place Larissa 1-0.
PAOK came close to opening the score in the 16th when a shot by Athanasiadis forced goalkeeper Michael Gspurning to palm away the ball.
Four minutes later, Salpingidis fed Athanasiadis in the Xanthi area but his powerful shot was saved by Gspurning.
In the 28th, a powerful shot by Xanthi’s Christopher Katongo grazed Costas Halkias’ post.
Athanasiadis gave PAOK the lead in the 36th with a shot off a cross by Vieirinha.
In the 66th, less than a minute after going in for Diego Quintana, Poy silenced the more than 12,000 PAOK fans in the stadium when he exploited a mistake by Halkias to level.
Nine minutes from time, Salpingidis made the final 2-1 with a powerful shot from inside the area.
AEK Athens slipped to fourth in the Super League this evening on the back of a thumping 4-0 home defeat to Olympiacos Volou.
Khalifa Sankare and Xavier Umbides had the visitors two goals to the good within 20 minutes and second-half strikes from Vicente Monje and Costas Kapetanos sealed the rout to move the victors up to fifth.
The result left AEK 15 points behind leaders Olympiacos, having played a game more.
Elsewhere in the Greek top flight tonight, Kerkyra beat bottom team Larissa 1-0 thanks to a 73rd-minute winner from substitute Goran Maznov.
League leaders Olympiakos travels to Asteras today (Sunday), when defending champion Panathinaikos visits Panionios. Olympiakos is 5 points ahead of Panathinaikos.
Other matches today (Sunday) include Kavala vs. Iraklis, Panserraikos vs. Atromitos and Ergotelis vs. Aris.