Facundo Medina's foul on Matteo Guendouzi resulted in a penalty which Dimitri Payet stroked into the bottom proper nook.
Both aspects had their probabilities to feature to the rating but it fell to debutant Cedric Bakambu to steady the factors for Marseille in the 76th minute, latching directly to a via ball from Guendouzi and drilling the ball home.
"I'm glad, we've got the three factors," Bakambu, who signed from Beijing Guoan last week, told Canal+.
"We have a great protective base, we are desirable with the ball... For an attacker, it's simpler to find area and to be decisive."
Marseille are actually one factor in advance of third-positioned Nice and 10 points at the back of leaders Paris Saint-Germain who host Reims on Sunday. Nice will pass returned into 2nd in the event that they win at Metz.
Former France international Hatem Ben Arfa made his debut for Lille, his tenth expert club, however the 34-year-vintage could not save you the league champions from slipping at a 2-0 defeat at Brest, their first loss on the grounds that overdue October.
Ben Arfa, who had no longer performed due to the fact May, came on as a 76th-minute replacement to replace Burak Yilmaz as Lille trailed 1-zero following a Tiago Djalo personal goal within the 1/3 minute.
Brest sealed the factors with a 95th-minute penalty by using Steve Mounie but Ben Arfa, who signed for Lille on Wednesday, still did enough to impress his new coach Jocelyn Gourvennec.
"Hatem Ben Arfa showed all his traits tonight, positioning and motion, his capability to carry his teammates into the game," said Gourvennec.
Mid-table Brest took the lead while Ronael Pierre-Gabriel's low cross turned into met via Portugal U21 global Djalo who miscued beyond Ivo Grbic.
