The day’s winner came off striker Jobby Justin’s head off a Mahmoud Al Amna pass as the red and gold won a game in which they didn’t play well.
With this win, East Bengal ended their campaign after 11 matches on 23 points and are currently in second place with Peerless SC a point behind with a game to play.
MATCH STATS
East Bengal 1-0 FCI (EZ)
Goal: 1-0 Jobby Justin
East Bengal Club: Ubaid C.K. – Kamalpreet Singh, Mehtab Singh, Kinshuk Debnath, Lalramchullova (Manoj Singh) – Lalsanmawia Ralte, Mahmoud Al Amna, Kassim Aidara, Bidyasagar Singh (T. Suranjit Singh) – Jobby Justin, Bali Gagandeep (Sanchyan Samaddar)