The Jeremie Begnard Stadium hosted a postponed match between Lens and their guest Marseille, as part of the ninth phase of the Ligue 1 competition.
In this match, Lens returned to winning ways in Ligue 1, achieving a valuable victory with a clean sheet against Marseille. The first half of the match ended in a goalless draw, but Lens secured the win in the second half with a goal by Simon Banza in the 59th minute. This marked Lens's first win in their last four matches in the league.
With this result, Lens raised their points tally to 31, moving up to seventh place, just one point behind Marseille, who suffered their second consecutive defeat and failed to win for the third straight match in the competition.
