Olympiakos beats Atromitos 4-0, closes in on Greek title

Olympiakos is closing in on its 18th Greek league title in 20 seasons after a 4-0 victory over Atromitos on Sunday.

With second-place AEK drawing 1-1 at Iraklis on Saturday, Olympiakos increased its lead to 18 points with seven rounds left.

Alejandro Dominguez opened the scoring with a long-range shot in the 10th minute. Atromitos hung on and had several chances to equalize until when Alan Pulidoscored in the 65th.

Nine minutes later, Pulido set up Esteban Cambiasso's first league goal before Costas Fortounis rounded off the scoring in the 85th following a cross by Brown Ideye.

Third-place Panathinaikos squandered a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with fourth-place PAOK, Xanthi beat Panthrakikos 1-0 and 10-man Panetolikos snatched a 1-1 draw atPlatanias with a late equalizer.

Results

Levadiakos – Kalloni  1 – 0 

Asteras Tripolis – PAS Giannina  0 – 0  
Iraklis – AEK Athens  1 – 1 
Olympiakos Piraeus – Atromitos  4 – 0  
Platanias – Panaitolikos  1 – 1  
Xanthi – Panthrakikos  1 – 0 
Panathinaikos – PAOK  2 – 2

Standings
1. Olympiakos Piraeus  64
2. AEK Athens  46
3. Panathinaikos  42
4. PAOK  35
5. Panionios  35
6. Asteras Tripolis  33
7. Panaitolikos  30
8. Iraklis  30
9. Xanthi  29
10. Platanias  28
11. Levadiakos  28
12. PAS Giannina  25
13. Atromitos  24
14. Veria  23
15. Panthrakikos  14
16. Kalloni  11

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