2015–16 Superleague Greece

PAOK, Olympiakos and AEK scored comfortabel wins over the weekend, as they prepare to face each other in the Super League next month, with PAOK maintaining its eight-point advantage at the top of the table.

The Super League resumed after three weeks of forced recess due to the referee strike, with PAOK and Olympiakos scoring away wins, while Atromitos and Panathinaikos conceded draws at home.

Neither Asteras Tripolis nor Atromitos did manage to advance in the Europa League, failing to score victories at home in the return games held in Greece on Thursday.

Both the Asteras vs Hibernian and the Atromitos vs Dinamo Brest games finished 1-1 for the second qualifying round, leaving Olympiakos as the only Greek club left in the competition.

AEK celebrated on Sunday winning its first league title in 24 years, and 12th overall, as it has obtained an eight-point lead on top of the Super League with two games left to play, although the appeals committee of the federation is yet to issue its verdict on the PAOK vs AEK game that was abandoned in March.

Panathinaikos says long-delayed payments have been made to Michael Essien and two others in an effort to avoid losing nine points as the Greek club struggles with mounting debts and the threat of relegation.

AEK beat Platanias on the road on Sunday and needs just one point to seal its first league title in 24 years.

Lazaros Christodoulopoulos was on target for AEK that downed relegated Platanias 1-0 at Hania, to climb to 63 points from 27 games.

After a government-ordered three-week suspension of the Greek league, PAOK beat Atromitos 2-0 and returned to first place on Saturday.

Also, defending champion Olympiakos came from behind to draw at Levadiakos 1-1.

AEK, a point behind PAOK, hosts Panathinaikos on Sunday.

How often do you see a central defender score a hat-trick? And all three goals come in the first half?

AEK did it again on Sunday. It came from behind to beat Olympiakos in the last few minutes to add a 2-1 away win over the Reds to a 3-2 home come-back triumph earlier this season. The result has taken AEK up to second, Olympiakos down to third, and PAOK - victor of PAS at Ioannina - two points clear at the top of the Super League table.

PAOK, Panionios and Larissa have taken the upper hand in their ties after the first leg of the Greek Cup quarterfinals in midweek, while the Olympiakos vs AEK derby ended in a stalemate.