Eight points and a place in the top six
Apollon Kalamaria beat Pyrgos 1–0 in round six of the Superbet League 2 and climbed into the first six places (2) (6). Eight points from six games. Third win of the league season, and the second one Tatsis talked about afterwards as "a match of technique and patience" (3) (5). That phrase is the whole week in one line.
It is also a fair description of who this team is right now. Apollon are not blowing anyone away. They are winning the games they can control, and the pyrgos result was exactly that: tight, patient, one goal enough. In a league where nobody at the top looks untouchable, that habit is worth more than a big afternoon.
The five-point opponent
Next up is PAOK B, away, Monday 19 October at 15:00, without television coverage (1) (2). PAOK B have five points and arrive off a 3–0 defeat at Panionios (1) (7) (9). Alexandrakis, Chatzistravos, Gadelio, Medieta and Dritsas did the damage in that one (9). That is a reserve side that can be got at, and Apollon meet it at the right moment.
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The catch is the venue. The match is scheduled for Apollon's own ground, with Giorgos Tasiopoulos of EPS Thessaly on the whistle (7). Same pitch, different shirts, and a PAOK B squad built around Bataoulas (1) (3). No TV means the people in that ground see it first. That is not a small thing for a club whose week just got noticed.
The week the table caught up
Three rounds ago Apollon were an afterthought in this division. Now they sit on eight points with a game against a five-point opponent in front of them and a top-six place to defend. The margins are that thin, which is precisely why the Pyrgos win mattered more than it looked. Beating the teams around you is how you stay in the first six.
Context worth keeping straight: the 0–0 at Eordaikos belongs to the second group of the Gamma Ethniki, not this league campaign (4). Do not fold it into the form book. This Apollon story is built on Superbet League 2 results alone, and on six rounds it reads well.
What to watch on Monday
One o'clock appointment, no broadcast, PAOK B in Kalamaria. Apollon have a chance to go into the international break with nine points and their best league position in years. The question Tasis will have to answer is whether patience still looks like ambition against a team that has conceded three in its last match (1) (7). Winnable, and Apollon know it.
