Sergio Araujo

PAS Giannina stunned in-form AEK with a 2-1 win at home on Tuesday, allowing Panathinaikos to inscrease its lead at the top of the Super League table to seven points from AEK that will host the Greens next on Sunday.

AEK is four points away from winning its first league title in 24 years after it beat Panathinaikos in the Athens derby on Sunday and Olympiakos dropped two more points at Livadia.

AEK showed once again in the Europa League that it lives and dies by its draws, as it came close to beating Dynamo in freezing Kiev but ended up in a stalemate on Thursday that leaves it out of the last 16 of the tournament, albeit undefeated.

Following the 1-1 draw in Athens last week, AEK went out in Ukraine in search of a goal that would give it the ticket to the next round.

Argentine striker Sergio Araujo scored a brace to lead AEK to a 3-0 triumph over 10-man PAOK on Sunday and into the play-off positions, while Olympiakos ended its losing streak beating Atromitos.

Much as most of the Super League matches were competitive, one cannot help noticing that this was another poor weekend in terms of goals, with just 10 in seven games.