Olympique Marseille took advantage of an extremely defensive RC Lens to grab 3 points in their visit to Stade Bollaert-Delelis with a 0-2 victory. 

Dimitri Payet converted a penalty kick at the 34th minute before Cedric Bakambu duplicated the lead with a perfect cross-shot from the left at the 77th. 

Marseille climbed, at least momentarily, to the second spot on the 2021/22 Ligue a campaign and it's now 11-7-3 while RC Lens fell to 9-6-7 at the seventh slot. 

Olympique Marseille have scored in each of their last 13 games in the French Ligue 1, scoring 23 goals in that run.

Olympique Marseille have kept a clean sheet in 6 of their 11 games, more than any other in the French Ligue 1 this season.

Olympique Marseille have scored in 11 of their 11 games, only Strasbourg (14) have scored goals in more matches in the French Ligue 1 this season.

Olympique Marseille have scored in their last 11 games in the French Ligue 1, their longest scoring streak this season.

Olympique Marseille have scored in their last 13 games in the French Ligue 1, their longest run of games with a goal in the competition since a run of 17 games from 18th February 2017 to 19th January 2018.

Olympique Marseille are undefeated in their last 4 games in the French Ligue 1, their last longer unbeaten streak was from 16th May 2021 to 1st December 2021, a run of 8 games.