Apollon Smyrna 1-0 Panachaiki: 11th straight game unbeaten and one step closer to the top

Apollon Smyrnis went 11 straight games unbeaten, beating Panachaki 1-0 on Matchday 19 of Super League 2 for Group B thanks to Moraitis’ goal.

The first half was goalless, but the solution came from the Light Brigade and Champions’ top scorer Panagiotis Moraitis, who led his team in the 48th minute after a Pereira cross from the right.

The hosts came very close to scoring the second, Karim turned in the 79th minute and Pereira placed himself just outside the box, the ball just wide of the right post Theodorakis.

Apollo Smyrna (Bosniadis): Sorchan, Papageorgiou (46′ Louis), Korovesis, Dominguez, Tselepidis, Anastasopoulos, Moustakopoulos (65′ Fation), Halimi (46′ Karim), Moraitis, Cuadra (54′ Herrera), Pereira (81′ Tsamouris).

Panachaiki (Papadopoulos): Theodorakis, Tsakmakis, Larea, Topal, Stergidis (64′ Kontochristos), Tsiaras (82′ Linardos), Konstantakopoulos, Bourlakis (72′ Mytidis), P. Karaklaits (64′ N. Karaklaits), Alexopoulos, Handi.

Super League 2 Group B Ranking

1. Kifissia 46 (17 games)
2. Apollo Smyrni 41 (18 Games)
3. Athens Kallithea 39 (16 games)
4. Panachaiki 32 (17 games)
5. OF Ierapetra 29 (17 games)
6. Kalamata 29 (17 games)
7. Ilioupoli 26 (17 games)
8. Chania 25 (16 games)
9. Egaleo 20 (17 games)
10. AEK B’15 (17 games)
11. Progressive 14 (16 games)
12. Diocese 9 (16 games)
13. Olympiacos B’8 (16 games)
14. PAO Roof 4 (17 Games)
15. Herodotus -11 (16 games)

• Olympiacos B’ was penalized -10
• Herodotus was penalized -15