Riding on an early goal by Daniel Bedemi, Bhawanipore recorded a 1-0 victory over United Sikkim at the MDS Stadium, Manjeri in a group D clash of the Federation Cup.
Juliano Fontana made three changes to the team which lost to Mohammedan Sporting as Debjit Majumder, Surabuddin Mollick and Nabin Hela being benched in favour of Sudipta Banerjee, Anubrata Maity and Snehasish Dutta.