SLGR Standings: Major victory for Aris, Lamia keep winning streak going
SLGR Standings: Major victory for Aris, Lamia keep winning streak going
Aris defeated Xanthi on the road to increase their European hopes, Lamia continued their winning streak, while the leading trio of PAOK, Olympiacos and AEK all tallied victories. AGONAsport analyses the Super League standings.
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On Wednesday, PAOK were given a real scare by PAS Giannina in Thessaloniki, but a late goal from newly signed Polish striker Karol Swiderski sealed a 2:1 win after Dimitris Pelkas’ penalty had been cancelled out by Dimitris Manos. As a result, they keep their eight-point lead over second placed Olympiacos intact, despite the Piraeus club thrashing AEL 4:0 at home thanks to Konstantinos Fortounis’ first career hat trick. PAS languish in lowly 13th while AEL move down to 11th.
In third, AEK are still trailing Olympiacos by six points, as they defeated Levadiakos 1:0 at home with Ezequiel Ponce scoring the only goal. For their part, Levadiakos occupy 15th position of the table with a mere 12 points, four away from OFI who drew 1:1 at home with Atromitos. Recently, Atromitos have fallen completely off the boil, and the Peristeri outfit are now six points behind AEK in fourth.
Before playing Panetolikos in Agrinio, Panathinaikos had been winless in 2019, but Giannis Bouzoukis’ excellent goal grabbed a 1:0 win which keeps them in touch with Atromitos. Just below them in sixth, Aris achieved a hugely important 1:0 triumph over rivals Xanthi, rising above their opponents as they dream of qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.
Panionios climbed to ninth after seeing off the challenge posed by Asteras Tripolis in Nea Smyrni, and 10th placed Lamia chalked up their third consecutive win with a 2:1 triumph over Apollon Smyrnis.
2018/2019 Super League standings after 18 matches:
PAOK, 50 points
Olympiacos, 42 points
AEK, 36 points
Atromitos, 30 points
Panathinaikos, 27 points
Aris, 26 points
Xanthi, 24 points
Panetolikos, 23 points
Panionios, 22 points
Lamia, 20 points
AEL, 20 points
Asteras Tripolis, 18 points
PAS Giannina, 17 points
OFI, 16 points
Levadiakos, 12 points
Apollon Smyrnis, 6 points
by Shaun Nicolaides
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