LEVERKUSEN — Marseille beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 at BayArena on Thursday in Matchday 4 of the Europa League league phase.
The match was 0-0 at half-time.
Amine Gouiri scored the only goal in the 77th minute.
The goal was the first Leverkusen had conceded in the league phase. They had won their first three matches without conceding, beating Celje 2-0, Lech Poznań 4-0 and OFI Crete 2-0.
For Marseille, the win was their first of the league phase after three straight losses to Beşiktaş, Olympiacos and Sturm Graz.
Leverkusen had 61 per cent possession to Marseille's 39 per cent.
Leverkusen recorded 21 total attempts to Marseille's seven, and five attempts on target to Marseille's four.
Marseille recorded five saves to Leverkusen's three. Corners finished 7-5 to Leverkusen.
Leverkusen were called for eight fouls to Marseille's 12, and Leverkusen were caught offside twice to Marseille's none.
Leverkusen made two changes in the 68th minute, with Afonso Moreira and Equi Fernández replacing Lucas Vázquez and Robert Andrich. Montrell Culbreath and Malik Tillman replaced Jonas Hofmann and Ibrahim Maza in the 79th minute.
Marseille replaced Igor Paixão and Geoffrey Kondogbia with Tadjidine Mmadi and Tochukwu Nnadi in the 71st minute. Alexi Koum and Neal Maupay replaced Ulisses Garcia and Gouiri in the 84th minute.
Miguel Gutiérrez was booked in the sixth minute for Leverkusen. Marseille received three yellow cards: Igor Paixão in the 39th minute, Ulisses Garcia in the 54th minute and Tochukwu Nnadi in the 90th minute. There were no red cards.
The result leaves Leverkusen seventh in the league phase standings with nine points from four matches, with three wins and one loss. Marseille are 31st with three points from four matches, with one win and three losses.
Leverkusen visit GNK Dinamo on Thursday, Nov. 26, in Matchday 5, while Marseille host Levski Sofia the same day.