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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.

AEK and PAOK emerged victorious from their Sunday challenges at the Super League playoffs, beating Olympiakos and Panathinaikos respectively to pull away from their defeated rivals.

AEK, initially ranked second, surged to the top position, now holding a two-point lead over PAOK

PAOK and Panathinaikos want to take the first step towards qualification for the Cup final in the crowded Toumba Stadium - PAOK Konstantelia misses the match against Panathinaikos

PAOK beat Panathinaikos on Sunday and is now alone on top of the Super League table, while the Greens have slumped to third after AEK's win over OFI.

The top-of-the-table clash in Thessaloniki had PAOK win 2-1 through a pair of Kiril Despodov goals. Greece captain Tasos Bakasetas had temporarily equalized for his first goal in the green jersey.

PAOK has moved to the top of the Greek Super League at the start of the regular season's second half, as Panathinaikos and AEK dropped points on the road.

The Super League resumed last weekend behind closed doors, as will be the case for the next two months and up to February 12 at least.

Greek football is set to witness matches devoid of spectators for the next two months as a result of heightened incidents of violence. Pavlos Marinakis, the spokesperson for the Greek government, announced the prohibition, emphasizing a crucial need to address the surge in aggression.

Olympiakos and AEK scored important wins on Monday to keep up the pressure on Super League leader Panathinaikos, in a round of games that also tightened up the battle at the bottom of the table with two teams scoring their maiden wins for the season.

Two Scottish supporters of Hearts soccer club were sentenced on Monday to an eight-month jail term. The two Hearts supporters were arrested by Greek police after trying to enter the Toumba stadium in Thessaloniki with flares, where Hearts played against PAOK to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

Four fans of Scottish football club Hearts were detained in Thessaloniki on Wednesday night when a fight broke out between them in the popular bar district of Ladadika.

One of them, aged 24, was arrested after a small quantity of cocaine was found in his possession, while the rest were released. 

The fan is expected to appear before a prosecutor on Thursday.