The match Peristeri – Olympiacos was in the spotlight in the 10th round of the Greek League.
Olympiacos took the points in the derby (9:5) and climbed to 2nd place in the standings.
Peristeri – Olympiacos 5:9 (1:1, 2:3, 2:3, 0:2)
Glyfada – AEK 12:3 (3:0, 3:2, 2:0, 4:1)
Chios – Vouliagmeni 1:13 (0:5, 1:3, 0:3, 0:2)
Volos – Palaio Faliro 8:15 (2:5, 2:4, 3:2, 1:4)
PAOK – Apollon Smyrnis 6:16 (3:4, 1:4, 1:5, 1:3)
Ydraikos – Panionios 13:5 (2:2, 2:2, 7:0, 2:1)
Ethnikos – Chania next week
The encounter between Peristeri and Olympiacos was the derby of the 10th round, but Olympiacos was the heavy favorite. Still, Peristeri played well in defense and kept with the visiting team for a while. The hosts took a 1:0 and 2:1 lead. Olympiacos produced a 3:0 series in the second period to earn a 4:2 advantage. From that point on, the title-holder was always in front. Peristeri managed to reduce the gap three times (3:4, 4:5, 5:6), but Olympiacos scored the last three goals in the match for a 9:5 win. Two players scored two goals each for the winning team – Genidounias and Chrysospathis. Besides the two, Daube Skoumpakis, Argyropoulos, Kakaris and Grammatikos got on the scoresheet in Olympiacos. Scorers for Peristeri: Papanikolau, Koukoumakis, Agrotsas, Mironov, Klimos.
After this win, Olympiacos is in 2nd place, while Peristeri fell to the 4th position, behind Apollon Smyrnis. The title-holder is tied with Apollon in points, but it has played one match fewer.
The league leader Vouliagmeni demolished Chios (13:1), with three goals by Lozina and Chalyvopoulos.
Other favorites – Ydraikos, Apollon, Palaio Faliro – also recorded big wins.
Glyfada produced a big surprise with a huge win over AEK (12:3). Illipoulos and American Dylan Woodhead netted three goals each for Glyfada.
1 Vouliagmeni 9 – 27
2 Olympiacos 9 – 24
3 Apollon 10 – 24
4 Peristeri 10 – 22
5 Ydraikos 9 – 19
6 Palaio Faliro 10 – 13
7 PAOK 10 – 13
8 Chios 10 – 12
9 Panionios 9 – 12
10 Glyfada 10 – 9
11 Chania 9 – 9
12 AEK 10 – 8
13 Volos 10 – 3
14 Ethnikos 10 – 3
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