AEK and Olympiacos go to war in blockbuster start to play-offs

The title contention is acceptable to take centre stage this weekend arsenic AEK and Olympiacos look disconnected successful the opening circular of the much-anticipated play-offs that has three teams intensely battling for the championship.

AEK enters the Greek Super League play-offs’ archetypal circular with the vantage implicit their chap title rivals, adding further unit connected Olympiacos to unafraid victory successful their clash astatine “Georgios Karaiskakis” Stadium connected Monday greeting (AEDT).

The Piraeus giants sit two points down Enosi, meaning a victory would spot them leap into archetypal spot and summation the ascendency successful the incredibly choky title race.

PAOK, the different broadside successful contention of winning the title, hosts Panathinaikos successful what looms arsenic a must-win match.

The Thessaloniki giants were stunned successful their past league lucifer by Volos, which outgo them three points and sent them into third.

Given Panathinaikos’ stature arsenic the lone team without a existent accidental of winning the league, PAOK indispensable maximise the crippled and stay within scope of their title rivals.

For Panathinaikos, the crippled represents the archetypal of six chances they person to shingle things up successful the title battle, with the Greens besides alert that a strong showing successful the play-offs mightiness spend them the accidental to decorativeness supra fourth.

Levadiakos begins its ngo to unafraid top spot successful the fifth-eighth playoffs when they clash with Aris astatine home.

The Livadeia outfit holds a five-point pb supra the different teams, a sizeable spread they will wish to support to support their hopes of ensuring a European spot alive.

Aris will beryllium arsenic motivated to execute arsenic they too strive to sneak into 5th and assertion the last European qualifying spot connected connection (in the lawsuit OFI does not win the Cup).

OFI will statesman its ngo to assertion the Europe spot for themselves adjacent earlier the Cup last when they look Volos away.

Both sides would view a winning start arsenic indispensable to boosting their likelihood of finishing fifth, adding to the stakes of their bout.

Panserraikos and Asteras Tripolis statesman their rescue missions successful the relegation play-outs during its archetypal matchday connected Sunday morning.

The two clubs are some successful the relegation zone connected 17 points, six distant from the adjacent team successful Larissa.

The Arcadians take connected Larissa successful their opening fixture successful what feels similar a true six-pointer, with victory to either broadside changing the complexion of the relegation battle.

Panserraikos, meanwhile, travels to play Kifisia arsenic they proceed their ain survival mission.

The Serres nine is successful comparatively bully signifier aft accruing 8 points from their past 5 outings, which has fixed them some anticipation of avoiding the drop.

Panetolikos hosts Atromitos successful the different fixture, with some teams looking to solidify their assured standing that has them well distant from the relegation zone points wise.

Round 1 Play-offs/Play-outs fixtures (AEDT)

Kifisia-Panserraikos: 12am, Sun 5 Apr

Asteras Tripolis-Larissa: 2am, Sun 5 Apr

Panetolikos-Atromitos: 3am, Sun 5 Apr

Volos-OFI: 12am, Mon 6 Apr

Levadiakos-Aris: 12am, Mon 6 Apr

PAOK-Panathinaikos: 2am, Mon 6 Apr

Olympiacos-AEK: 4am, Mon 6 Apr