Visiting teams recorded wins in five of eight matches in the sixth round of the Greek League.
The big match of the day was an encounter between Ydraikos and Panionios (Group B). After a hard battle, Panionios earned a narrow, but valuable 12:11 victory.
2021/22 Greek League, Day 6
Group A
PAOK – Apollon Smyrnis 11:16 (2:5, 2:4, 3:3, 4:4)
AEK – Olympiacos 5:13 (1:3, 1:3, 1:3, 2:4)
Ethnikos – Glyfada 9:6 (4:0, 1:3, 1:1, 3:2)
Palaio Faliro – ARIS 9:4 (2:3, 0:1, 5:0, 2:0)
Olympiacos showed no mercy to AEK in the rematch of the 2021 Greek Cup final. Only one foreign player was on the champion’s roster for this match – Filip Filipovic, who scored two goals. Ioannis Fountoulis led the “red-whites “with four goals.
Apollon defeated PAOK convincingly – 16:11 and climbed into 2nd place. Apollon controlled the match from the beginning and had a 6-goal lead twice (9:3 and 13:7). At the end of the game, five goals separated the rivals. Alexandros Gounas was the best scorer with five goals, Ante Viskovic added three. Nikola Milradovic scored thee for PAOK.
Ethnikos jumped to 4:0 in the first quarter of the match against Glyfada, which proved vital for the hosts’ victory.
1 Olympiacos 6 – 18
2 Apollon 6 – 15
3 AEK 6 – 12
4 Ethnikos 6 – 12
5 PAOK 6 – 6
6 Palaio Faliro 6 – 6
7 Glyfada 6 – 3
8 Aris 6 – 0
Group B
Panathinaikos – Vouliagmeni 5:11 (3:2, 0:5, 2:0, 0:4)
Ydraikos – Panionios 11:12 (3:3, 3:1, 2:5, 3:3)
Volos – Chios 8:8 (2:3, 1:2, 1:1, 4:2)
Chania – Peristeri 9:21 (1:3, 4:7, 2:4, 2:7)
Vouliagmeni had ups and downs in the match against Panathinaikos, but despite that fact, the group leader recorded a convincing win (11:5) and kept a perfect record. Luka Lozina (Vouliagmeni) and Robopoulos (Panathinaikos) scored three goals each.
Dimou was a hero of Panionios’ win in the derby against Ydraikos. He found the net seven times! Ydraikos had a 6:4 advantage at halftime, but Panionios made a turn and entered the final quarter with a 9:8 advantage. The visitors earned a 12:10 advantage deep into the fourth period, and Ydraikos just halved the distance in the remaining time.
After this victory, Panionios is lonely in 2nd place, while Ydraikos shares 3rd and 4th place with Peristeri, which trounced Chania – 21:9 with four goals from Matt Farmer.
1 Vouliagmeni 6 – 18
2 Panionios 6 – 15
3 Ydraikos 6 – 12
4 Peristeri 6 – 12
5 Panathinaikos 6 – 6
6 Chania 6 – 6
7 Chios 6 – 1
8 Volos 6 – 1
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