Apollon Smyrnis is the big winner of the 16th matchday of the Greek League.
Apollon edged out Panionios in a big derby (12:11) and reduced the gap between the two teams in the standings. Panionios is still in 3rd place, but 4th-placed Apollon is just a point behind.
Leader Olympiacos earned an away win over Peristeri. Vouliagmeni beat Panathinaikos, and PAOK was better than Ethnikos.
2022/23 Greek League, Day 16 (Day 2 of 2nd phase)
Group G1 (1st – 8th place)
Apollon Smyrnis – Panionios 12:11 (5:3, 3:3, 3:2, 1:3)
Apollon Smyrnis: Bogdanovic 3, Solanakis 3, Braimis 2, Gardikas 2, Alamanos 1, Goniotakis 1.
Panionios: Kopelaidis 4, Gounas 2, Gkiouvetsis 1, Bitadze 1, Dalapas 1, Papakos 1, Kapetanikis 1.
Peristeri – Olympiacos 5:10 (0:4, 1:1, 2:1, 2:4)
Peristeri: Gerakoudis 1, Chr. Bitsakos 1, Foskolos 1, Chrysospathis 1, Ladas 1.
Olympiacos: Genidounias 6, Fountouils 2, Mourikis 1, Papanastasiou 1.
Vouliagmeni – Panathinaikos 14:8 (4:2, 3:2, 5:1, 2:3)
Vouliagmeni: Nikolaidis 3, Papasifakis 2, D.Woodhead 2, Alafragkis 1, Kastrinakis 1, Kalogeropoulos 1, Troulos 1,N. Kourouvanis 1, Farmer 1, Almyras 1.
Panathinaikos: Sgouridis 2, Tzelatis 1, Deuterios 1, Tottis 1, Adzic 1, Hatzigoulas 1, Zervoudakis 1.
PAOK – Ethnikos 13:7 (0:0, 4:2, 5:3, 4:2)
PAOK: Kechalaris 3, Milradovic 3, Kalargyros 2,Tsolakoudis 2, Koopman 2, Kapragos 1.
Ethnikos Tesanovic 2, Beristianos 2, Papadogonas 1, Vitellas 1, Mathiopulos 1.
Apollon Smyrnis dictated the pace throughout the derby. In the second quarter, the hosts had a 4-goal advantage (7:3). Before the final quarter, three goals separated the rivals (11:8). But Apollon didn’t keep that solid advantage. Panionios came back and leveled at 11:11. Still, Apollon earned all three points thanks to its captain Emmanouil Solanakis who scored a winner with just three seconds left on the clock.
Olympiacos extended its winning streak with an easy win over Peristeri. After the first quarter, the Red Whites led 4:0.. They maintained the difference until halftime (5:1), and increased the margin to five by the end of the match. Konstantinos Genidounias netted six goals in a 10:5 victory. The foreign players on Olympiacos’ roster for this match were Andro Buslje and Marton Vamos.
Vouliagmeni is still two points behind Olympiacos. As expected, Vouliagmeni defeated Panathinaikos (14:8) .
The 8th-placed Ethnikos didn’t surprise PAOK in Thessaloniki. The first quarter saw a balanced battle between two defenses – there were no goals in the first eight minutes. However, PAOK controlled the game from the second quarter and recorded a 13:7 win.
1.Olympiacos 16 – 48
2.Vouliagmeni 16 – 46
3.Panionios 16 – 39
4.Apollon 16 – 38
5.PAOK 16 – 27
6.Panathinaikos 16 – 25
7.Peristeri 16 – 24
8.Ethnikos 16 – 18
Group G2 (9th – 16th place)
Glyfada – Chios 5:6 (1:2 0:1, 2:2, 2:1)
Glyfada: Tsatalio 2 , K. Woodhead 1, Papageorgiou 1, Pouros 1.
Chios: Karakasis 2, Pappas 1, Halajian 1, Hatzistefanou 1, Ambazis 1.
Ilysiakos – Nireas Chalandriou 10:8 (4:1, 1:3, 2:2, 3:2)
Ilysiakos: Arai 3, Araki 2, Bobos 2, Karaviotis 2, Lambesis 1.
Nireas Chalandriou: Pantazopoulos 5, Trironis 2, Danourdis 1.
Palaio Faliro – AEK 4:6 (1:1, 0:2, 2:2, 1:1)
Palaio Faliro: Kocheilas 2, Tot 1, G.Papadopoulos 1.
AEK: Vukcevic 2, Araya 2, Marinaagkis 1, Stellatos 1.
Chania – Ydriakos 13:12 (2:1, 4:3, 3:3, 4:5)
Chania: Soleimanipak 4, Chatzikyriakakis 2, Agirgousis 1, Apostolakis 1, Charitakis 1, Spahits 2, Mazokopakis 1, Nikolaidis 1,
Ydraikos: Suzuki 7, Bertolis 2, Blanis 1, Robopoulos 1, Takata 1
All games in the relegation group were close contests, and the most important match was an encounter between the group-leader Glyfada and Chios, which was the visiting team in this match. It was a hard defensive battle, with only 11 goals. Chios was in front most of the time. The visitors led 5:3 before the final eight minutes. They opened the fourth quarter with a goal for 6:3. Glyfada couldn’t equalize. The hosts set the final score – 5:6 shortly before the end of the game.
The win helped Chios to move to 10th place, with just a point fewer than Glyfada.
The battle for 9th place will be very interesting. After 16 rounds, only two points separate 9th-placed Glyfada, and 12th-placed AEK.
9.Glyfada 16 – 20
10.Chios 16 – 19
11.Ydraikos 16 – 18
12. Chania 16 – 18
13. AEK 16 – 18
14. Palaio Faliro 16 – 12
15. Ilysiakos 16 – 7
16. Nireas Chalandriou 16 – 2
