Olympiakos tops league at halfway point

Olympiakos has been crowned winter champion, i.e. will finish first at the halfway point of the regular season, after a very comfortable win over struggling Larissa, while PAOK defeated Panathinaikos in the weekend's most appetizing encounter.

The Reds thrashed visiting Larissa 5-1 at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium to climb to 32 points out of a maximum 36, three more than Aris that has also played 12 games. Olympiakos led with Hillal Soudani, Larissa equalized with Dimitris Pinakas before a brace by Super League leading scorer Youssef El-Arabi and goals by Giorgos Massouras and Armindo Bruma.

Aris was triumphant at Iraklio beating OFI Crete 3-0, as Facundo Bertoglio struck twice and Javier Matilla once for the Thessaloniki club that has remained unbeaten on the road throughout the first half of the regular season.

PAOK is on 27 points from 12 games thanks to...