Carles Cuadrat rotated his squad heavily from the defeat against NorthEast. Edwin Vanspaul and Suhair VP were brought into the starting eleven with Forbes making his full debut. Even Gursimrat Gill started in defense in the ISL for the first time with Lalchungnunga benched.

However, neither of the changes worked as East Bengal lost 1-0 at Salt Lake. Mumbai City FC kept the pressure from the first minute and opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Gurrotxena was denied with his first attempt in the match by Prabhsukhan but he finished elegantly when the second chance came to him.

The Spaniard created a lot of trouble for the home side's defense. While their striker Forbes was left isolated. PV Vishnu's introduction in the second half refreshed the team's attack but East Bengal lacked the finishing touch. The Red and Gold are without a win for six league games and four points adrift of a playoff spot.