Marseille, France (SportsNetwork.com) - Marseille received a second-half penalty from Andre-Pierre Gignac at the Stade Velodrome on Saturday to claim a 1-0 victory over Evian.
After a scoreless opening period, Gignac converted from the spot in the 49th minute to put the hosts in front.
Marseille cruised the rest of the way, closing out the match with the lead in tact to move to 47 points and back into a tie with PSG for second place in the Ligue 1 table.
Lille squandered a late lead to throw away two points in a 1-1 draw at Nantes on Saturday.
Jonathan Delaplace had given the visitors the lead in the 14th minute, but Oswaldo Vizcarrondo struck 10 minutes from time to see Nantes come away with a share of the spoils.
Bastia suffered a similar fate as Ryad Boudebouz's 62nd-minute penalty was canceled out by Ahmed Kantari's penalty in the 80th minute, a strike that helped Lens salvage a home point from a 1-1 draw.
Toulouse claimed three points against Reims on Saturday with Aleksandar Pesic's strike in the 43rd minute guiding the club to a 1-0 victory.
Rounding out Saturday's action, Montpellier was held to a 0-0 draw by Lorient while Metz played to a 0-0 draw with Nice.
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