Greek Super League cellar dwellers Ergotelis scored three important survival points with a 2-0 victory over visiting PAOK Saloniki on Saturday.

Clint Mathis made a late cameo for the victors, entering in the 89th minute.

The visitors carried play in the first half, but Ergotelis netminder Iosif Daskalakis made good stops on Ivica Iliev and Ricardo Matias Verón to keep the game scoreless into the break.

Daskalakis then made a top notch save on a long Sotiris Balafas try eight minutes into the second half.

On the hour mark, the hosts took the lead on their first real chance of the match. Junior Silva picked the pocket of PAOK defender Ilias Charalambous and promptly deposited the opener.

Verón was again denied by Daskalakis as the guests poured men forward to tie the score. With nine minutes left, Serbia international Goran Gavrančić gifted Ergotelis an insurance goal by deflecting a sharp angle Dimitrios Grammozis shot past his own keeper.

The Canaries will continue their pursuit of a safety place when they visit Asteras Tripolis next Sunday.

Scoring
ERG - Junior Silva 5 60'
ERG - Own Goal (Goran Gavrančić) 81'

Line-ups
PAOK - Daniel Fernandes; Ilias Charalambous (Pantelis Konstantinidis 70'), Ruud Knol, Goran Gavrančić, Miroslaw Sznaucner, Ricardo Matias Verón, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Sotiris Balafas, Sérgio Conceição, Giorgios Georgiadis (Vasilis Lakis 70'), Ivica Iliev (Glenn Salmon 59')

ERG - Iosif Daskalakis; Panagiotos Kordonouris, Kenedy, Mario Hiblinger, Giorgos Vakouftsis (Mario Budimir 82'), Patrick Ogunsoto, Ioannis Kiliaras, Dimitrios Grammozis, Paschalis Melissas, Silva Junior (Clint Mathis 89'), Eleftherios Gialousis