Angel Di Maria and Neymar Junior filtered back in the side of PSG and partnered Lionel Messi in a front-three, with Cengiz Under the go-to-guy for Marseille.
Marseille missed a good chance to the front when Arkadiusz Milik headed a deep-rooted free-kick in the area narrowly wide of the post following the earlier exchanges of the match.
The breakthrough appeared for the Parisans inside 14 minutes after Neymar chased down a flick on from Di Maria en-route to the net but following a Video Assistant Referee review, the effort was disallowed for offside.
Marseille bagged the opener too moments thereafter through a one-touch finish from Milik following a ball in from Pol Lirola, but it was ruled out for offside as well.
With the margins heavily poised, Mauricio Pochettino was pushed to make a substitution right on the brink of halftime after injury required Marco Verratti to vacate for Idrissa Gueye.
However, the Parisans began the second half on the back-foot after Achraf Hakimi got a red card for bringing down Under following a review by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
Marseille should've taken the lead midway in the second half from the head of Valentin Rongier following a cross by Dimitri Payet, but the attempt went inches past the post.
Another opening for the host materialised following the last 12 minutes as Konrad de la Fuente scooped a back-post delivery from an unmarked position well off target.
The road to getting the winner continued to frustrate the two teams towards full-time, as they eventually settled for a point each.