RC Lens came from behind to beat Olympique de Marseille 2-1 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Sunday, ending the visitors' five-match winning run in Ligue 1 and moving above them into second place in the table.

Marseille made the brighter start and were rewarded early in the first half when Mason Greenwood swept home a low cross from Timothy Weah. It was the England forward's seventh goal of the season, and it briefly suggested the visitors would bounce back from their midweek Champions League defeat at Sporting CP.

But the lead lasted only a matter of minutes. Benjamin Pavard, who had endured a difficult night in Lisbon in midweek, fouled Odsonne Edouard inside the penalty area. Edouard was initially booked for diving, but referee Stephanie Frappart overturned the decision after a VAR review and awarded the penalty. Edouard picked himself up and converted it with a calm Panenka to bring Lens level.

The home side grew in confidence as the first half wore on. Florian Thauvin, facing his former club, twice went close from distance, and Lens goalkeeper Robin Risser had to tip a fierce drive from Mamadou Sangare over the bar in added time to keep the scores level at the break.

Lens did not have to wait long after the restart to take the lead. Eight minutes into the second half, Edouard caused havoc in the Marseille box at a corner, and Pavard diverted the ball into his own net to complete a miserable evening for the France defender.

Marseille responded well and almost equalised with their next attack, but Risser stretched to deny a powerful effort from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Thauvin then came within millimetres of a third for Lens when his header was clawed away by Geronimo Rulli, who also had to deal with a long-range effort from Matthieu Udol.

Greenwood slammed a late effort into the side-netting as Marseille pushed for an equaliser, and Rulli made another save in added time when Sangare broke through on goal. The win was Lens' fourth successive home victory and their third 2-1 win in a row at Bollaert.

For Marseille, it was a second 2-1 defeat in the space of a week, and all three of their league defeats this season have now come away from home. The result also cost Roberto De Zerbi's side the chance to return to the top of Ligue 1, with Paris Saint-Germain holding the summit and Lens now sitting second, ahead of their beaten rivals.