| | First Half starts. |
| 1' | | Fouled by Hannes Wolf - New York City FC |
| 1' | | Max Arfsten - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in defence. |
| 1' | | Offside - New York City FC. Alonso Martínez is in offside. |
| 4' | | Goal! Columbus Crew 0, New York City FC 1. Alonso Martínez - New York City FC - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Tayvon Gray. |
| 8' | | Shot blocked. Santiago Rodríguez - New York City FC - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Hannes Wolf. |
| 8' | | Corner - New York City FC. Conceded by Sean Zawadzki. |
| 10' | | Delay in match - injury Matt Freese - New York City FC |
| 12' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 12' | | Substitution - New York City FC. Luis Barraza for Matt Freese - injury. |
| 14' | | Fouled by Christian Ramirez - Columbus Crew |
| 14' | | James Sands - New York City FC - won a free kick in attack. |
| 17' | | Shot blocked. Christian Ramirez - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Cucho Hernández. |
| 17' | | Shot blocked. Diego Rossi - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from few metres is blocked. Assist - Christian Ramirez. |
| 17' | | Goal! Columbus Crew 1, New York City FC 1. Diego Rossi - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from few metres to the centre of the goal following a fast break. |
| 21' | | Fouled by Malte Amundsen - Columbus Crew |
| 21' | | Hannes Wolf - New York City FC - won a free kick on the right wing. |
| 21' | | Malte Amundsen - Columbus Crew - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 22' | | New attacking attempt. Santiago Rodríguez - New York City FC - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. |
| 22' | | Corner - Columbus Crew. Conceded by Birk Risa. |
| 26' | | Corner - New York City FC. Conceded by Rudy Camacho. |
| 26' | | New attacking attempt. Keaton Parks - New York City FC - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Santiago Rodríguez with a cross. |
| 28' | | Fouled by James Sands - New York City FC |
| 28' | | Sean Zawadzki - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in defence. |
| 29' | | Missed chance. Cucho Hernández - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed. Assist - Sean Zawadzki. |
| 31' | | Hand ball by Cucho Hernández - Columbus Crew |
| 33' | | Delay in match - injury Darlington Nagbe - Columbus Crew |
| 33' | | Delay in match - injury James Sands - New York City FC |
| 36' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 37' | | Darlington Nagbe - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in attack. |
| 37' | | Fouled by Tayvon Gray - New York City FC |
| 38' | | Shot blocked. Cucho Hernández - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Diego Rossi. |
| 38' | | Shot blocked. Cucho Hernández - Columbus Crew - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. |
| 40' | | Christian Ramirez - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in attack. |
| 40' | | Fouled by Agustín Ojeda - New York City FC |
| 43' | | Corner - New York City FC. Conceded by Mohamed Farsi. |
| 44' | | Shot blocked. Kevin O'Toole - New York City FC - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Santiago Rodríguez. |
| 44' | | Corner - Columbus Crew. Conceded by Keaton Parks. |
| 45+1' | | Fourth official has announced 9 minutes of added time. |
| 45+3' | | Missed chance. Christian Ramirez - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from the right side of the box missed to the left. Assist - Mohamed Farsi. |
| 45+4' | | Delay in match - injury James Sands - New York City FC |
| 45+6' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 45+6' | | Substitution - New York City FC. Justin Haak for James Sands - injury. |
| 45+7' | | Shot blocked. Keaton Parks - New York City FC - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Agustín Ojeda. |
| 45+7' | | Corner - New York City FC. Conceded by Rudy Camacho. |
| 45+9' | | Fouled by Keaton Parks - New York City FC |
| 45+9' | | Sean Zawadzki - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in defence. |
| 45+10' | | Fouled by Cucho Hernández - Columbus Crew |
| 45+10' | | Justin Haak - New York City FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 45+12' | | Fouled by Santiago Rodríguez - New York City FC |
| 45+12' | | Sean Zawadzki - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in attack. |
| 45+12' | | First Half ended - Columbus Crew 1, New York City FC 1. |
| 45' | | Second Half starts Columbus Crew 1, New York City FC 1. |
| 46' | | Birk Risa - New York City FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 46' | | Fouled by Cucho Hernández - Columbus Crew |
| 47' | | Fouled by Kevin O'Toole - New York City FC |
| 47' | | Mohamed Farsi - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in defence. |
| 49' | | Cucho Hernández - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in defence. |
| 49' | | Fouled by Justin Haak - New York City FC |
| 51' | | Darlington Nagbe - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in defence. |
| 51' | | Fouled by Justin Haak - New York City FC |
| 52' | | Shot blocked. Diego Rossi - Columbus Crew - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is blocked. |
| 52' | | Corner - Columbus Crew. Conceded by Kevin O'Toole. |
| 52' | | VAR Decision: No Penalty Columbus Crew. |
| 58' | | Goal! Columbus Crew 2, New York City FC 1. Max Arfsten - Columbus Crew - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Diego Rossi with a through ball. |
| 60' | | Substitution - New York City FC. Mounsef Bakrar for Alonso Martínez. |
| 60' | | Substitution - New York City FC. Maximiliano Moralez for Agustín Ojeda. |
| 61' | | Substitution - New York City FC. Christian McFarlane for Kevin O'Toole. |
| 62' | | Corner - New York City FC. Conceded by Steven Moreira. |
| 62' | | Corner - New York City FC. Conceded by Diego Rossi. |
| 63' | | New attacking attempt. Thiago Martins - New York City FC - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Hannes Wolf with a cross. |
| 65' | | Corner - New York City FC. Conceded by Mohamed Farsi. |
| 66' | | Missed chance. Justin Haak - New York City FC - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Hannes Wolf with a cross after corner. |
| 68' | | Missed chance. Mounsef Bakrar - New York City FC - shot with left foot from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Tayvon Gray with a cross. |
| 69' | | Corner - New York City FC. Conceded by Malte Amundsen. |
| 69' | | New attacking attempt. Birk Risa - New York City FC - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. |
| 71' | | Substitution - Columbus Crew. Yevhen Cheberko for Malte Amundsen. |
| 71' | | Substitution - Columbus Crew. Alexandru Matan for Christian Ramirez. |
| 72' | | Maximiliano Moralez - New York City FC - receive yellow card. |
| 73' | | Missed chance. Santiago Rodríguez - New York City FC - shot with left foot from the left side of the box goes high. |
| 73' | | Substitution - New York City FC. Julián Fernández for Hannes Wolf. |
| 74' | | Shot blocked. Mounsef Bakrar - New York City FC - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Maximiliano Moralez. |
| 74' | | Missed chance. Santiago Rodríguez - New York City FC - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. |
| 75' | | Shot blocked. Mounsef Bakrar - New York City FC - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Christian McFarlane. |
| 76' | | Missed chance. Santiago Rodríguez - New York City FC - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Mounsef Bakrar. |
| 78' | | Fouled by Justin Haak - New York City FC |
| 78' | | Sean Zawadzki - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in defence. |
| 82' | | Darlington Nagbe - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in defence. |
| 82' | | Fouled by Santiago Rodríguez - New York City FC |
| 83' | | Shot blocked. Cucho Hernández - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Alexandru Matan. |
| 83' | | Corner - Columbus Crew. Conceded by Birk Risa. |
| 84' | | Delay in match - injury Birk Risa - New York City FC |
| 85' | | Santiago Rodríguez - New York City FC - receive yellow card. |
| 85' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 86' | | Goal! Columbus Crew 2, New York City FC 2. Mounsef Bakrar - New York City FC - shot with right foot from the right side of the box to the right corner. |
| 88' | | Fouled by Steven Moreira - Columbus Crew |
| 88' | | Santiago Rodríguez - New York City FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 89' | | Fouled by Justin Haak - New York City FC |
| 89' | | Sean Zawadzki - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in defence. |
| 89' | | Fouled by Mounsef Bakrar - New York City FC |
| 89' | | Steven Moreira - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in defence. |
| 90' | | Substitution - Columbus Crew. Yaw Yeboah for Max Arfsten. |
| 90' | | Substitution - Columbus Crew. DeJuan Jones for Mohamed Farsi. |
| 90' | | Substitution - Columbus Crew. Jacen Russell-Rowe for Sean Zawadzki. |
| 90+1' | | Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time. |
| 90+1' | | Fouled by Yaw Yeboah - Columbus Crew |
| 90+1' | | Tayvon Gray - New York City FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 90+2' | | Diego Rossi - Columbus Crew - won a free kick in defence. |
| 90+2' | | Fouled by Tayvon Gray - New York City FC |
| 90+3' | | Goal! Columbus Crew 3, New York City FC 2. DeJuan Jones - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assist - Alexandru Matan with a head. |
| 90+6' | | Substitution - Columbus Crew. Dylan Chambost for Cucho Hernández. |
| 90+7' | | Fouled by Dylan Chambost - Columbus Crew |
| 90+7' | | Maximiliano Moralez - New York City FC - won a free kick in attack. |
| 90+9' | | New attacking attempt. Diego Rossi - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. |
| 90+9' | | Goal! Columbus Crew 4, New York City FC 2. Jacen Russell-Rowe - Columbus Crew - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. |
| 90+11' | | Julián Fernández - New York City FC - receive red card. |
| 90+12' | | Fouled by Darlington Nagbe - Columbus Crew |
| 90+12' | | Santiago Rodríguez - New York City FC - won a free kick in attack. |
| 90+12' | | Second Half ended - Columbus Crew 4, New York City FC 2. |
| | Thats all. Game finished - Columbus Crew 4, New York City FC 2. |