Marseille edges Lens 2‑1 after late Abdallah winner

LENS, France (Interstat) — Amine Gouiri scored in the second minute and Keyliane Abdallah supplied the late winner as Marseille defeated Lens 2-1 on Sunday. Gouiri’s early goal gave Marseille the lead before Florian Thauvin equalized for Lens in the 20th minute, with Florian Sotoca assisting. Abdallah, who played 12 minutes, scored the decisive goal in the 82nd. Gouiri received a yellow card in the 81st, Titraoui was booked for Lens in the 79th and De Lange was cautioned in second-half stoppage time. Lens made substitutions involving Haidara and Hazard in the 69th, Gradit and Sotoca in the 85th, and Abdulhamid in the 88th. Marseille made changes involving Harit and Abdelli in the 78th and Nnadi in the 90th. Marseille is now 4-4 in the competition and 5-6 across all competitions. Lens is 3-2 in the competition and 4-5 overall.