Larissa and Asteras Tripolis have been relegated from the Super League with one game of the regular season left after both were beaten on Sunday.
Larissa were beaten 3-2 at home in a thrilling game against AEK. The Thessaly side went 3-0 down within 20 minutes of the kick off. Kostas Manolas and Panagiotis Lagos (2) were the scorers for the visitors.
The home side almost staged an unlikely comeback. Tumer Metin pulled one back just before half time while Daniel Cousin scored a second on 66 minutes. Larissa's fightback was hampered in the closing stages after Stelios Venetidis was sent off in the 82nd minute.
In the end, it proved too much ground for Larissa to make and they final whistle found them stuck on 25 points with no chance of surviving.
It was a similar, if less spectacular, story for Asteras Tripolis who lost 1-0 at Panathinaikos. To make matters worse, Christos Pipinis scored an own goal with eight minutes side to relegate the team from the Peloponnese who had Saleem Aras sent off moments earlier.
Asteras Tripolis have 28 points and no chance of catching Kerkyra or Asteras Tripolis who have 33 points.
Cup finalists Atromitos secured their survival in spectacular fashion, beating champions Olympiakos 3-1 at home. Francois Modesto cancelled out Stelios Sfakianakis's opener but second half goals from Ilias Anastasakos and Henri Camara gave Atromitos a famous win.
Olympiakos remain on 70 points, 10 ahead of second-placed Panathinaikos.
Kerkyra beat Ergotelis 1-0 at home with 30th minute Christos Kalantzis goal to ensure they will be playing in the Super League next season.
PAOK secured their place in the Champions League playoffs with a 0-0 draw at Iraklis.
PAOK now have 45 points, four behind AEK but one ahead of Olympiakos Volou and three in front of Aris. The last two will battle it out for the four playoff spot to join Panathinaikos, AEK and PAOK.
Aris did all they could to put pressure on Olympiakos Volou for the last game of the season with a 2-1 home win over the side from central Greece.
Javier Ubides had given the visitors the lead after 32 minutes with a penalty but Cristian Portilla Rodriguez and Darcy Neto won the game for Aris in the second half.
In Sunday's other games, Panionios and already-relegated Panserraikos drew 0-0 while Kavala and Xanthi also drew 1-1.
source: SPORTINGREECE
