Lazaros Christodoulopoulos

AEK and Panathinaikos scored home wins for the Super League playoffs on Sunday, while the match between PAOK and Olympiakos was postponed due to both teams' European commitments.

Two goals in the first quarter of an hour by Ezequiel Ponce settled the game between AEK and Aris with a 2-0 score, a day after AEK celebrated its 100th birthday.

Olympiakos scraped past a rigid PAS Giannina defense with a late winner on Sunday, but the weekend's triumph belonged to Panathinaikos that beat Aris away and is back in the mix for a European spot.

PAOK and Olympiakos appear to have already clinched their tickets to the Greek Cup's quarterfinals after the midweek first-leg games, while Panathinaikos suffered another defeat, this time at Super League 2 leader PAS Giannina.

The European dream has ended for Olympiakos, as the 2-2 home draw last week was followed by a 1-0 loss at Dynamo Kiev on Thursday. The Ukrainians proved more effective in attack over the two legs, taking most of the few chances they created, and advanced on a 3-2 aggregate score to the last 16 of the Europa League.

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.

Olympiakos took another leap toward qualifying from its Europa League group through an emphatic win over Dudelange at home on Thursday, as PAOK suffered another reverse at the hands of Vidi, this time in Budapest.

The Reds defeated their visitors from Luxembourg with a 5-1 score, having led 4-0 from the first half.

Olympiakos scored its first victory at the group stage of the Europa League, beating Dudelange 2-0 in Luxembourg on Thursday, while PAOK lost precious ground going down 2-0 at home to Hungarian champion Vidi.

PAOK and AEK will meet in the Greek Cup final for a second consecutive year, after Lazaros Christodoulopoulos stunned brave Larissa in the fourth minute of added time on Wednesday to give AEK the chance to avenge its loss to PAOK last year.

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.

Larissa upset AEK in the first leg of the Greek Cup semifinal and is looking good to meet the other semi's hot favorite PAOK in the final, given the Thessaloniki club's triumph at Panionios.

Larissa left it late but managed to find the winning goal and beat AEK 2-1 at home on Thursday, as well as beating disappointment from AEK's goal that should not have counted.