Defending champion Olympiakos scored all 3 of its goals in the second half to beat visiting Veria 3-0 in the Greek league Sunday.
Costas Mitroglou opened the scoring with a diving header in the 54th minute, Rafik Djebbour converted a penalty in the 86th for his league-leading 13th goal and Marko Pantelic made it 3-0 with a header in injury time, seconds after entering the game as a substitute. Colombian winger Juan Pablo Pino, making his debut with Olympiakos, assisted on the first and third goals with crosses.
The win kept Olympiakos eight points ahead of second-place PAOK.
In other action:
Asteras Tripolis – AEK Athens 3 – 1 (video)
Platanias – PAS Giannina 1 – 1 (video)
Panathinaikos – Levadiakos 1 – 2 (video)
Aris – Panionios 2 – 1 (video)
Atromitos – Kerkyra 2 – 0 (video)
Panthrakikos – PAOK 1 – 4 (video)
Standings
1. Olympiakos Piraeus 42
2. PAOK 34
3. Asteras Tripolis 28
4. Atromitos 28
5. Levadiakos 24
6. PAS Giannina 22
7. Panionios 21
8. Panthrakikos 20
9. Panathinaikos 20
10. OFI 17
11. Platanias 17
12. Aris 16
13. Xanthi 15
14. Veria 15
15. AEK Athens 12
16. Kerkyra 12
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