diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f80307d3..8d56aae4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org).
 - Added support for inline styles in Html reader (borders, alignment, width, height)
 - QuotedText cells no longer treated as formulae if the content begins with a `=`
 - Clean handling for DDE in formulae
+
+### Fixed
+
 - Fix handling for escaped enclosures and new lines in CSV Separator Inference
+- Fix MATCH an error was appearing when comparing strings against 0 (always true)
 
 ## [1.6.0] - 2019-01-02
 
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Calculation/LookupRef.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Calculation/LookupRef.php
index 2a3c5582..b71313ee 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Calculation/LookupRef.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Calculation/LookupRef.php
@@ -522,9 +522,13 @@ class LookupRef
 
         if ($matchType == 0 || $matchType == 1) {
             foreach ($lookupArray as $i => $lookupArrayValue) {
-                if (($matchType == 0) && ($lookupArrayValue == $lookupValue)) {
+                $onlyNumeric = is_numeric($lookupArrayValue) && is_numeric($lookupValue);
+                $onlyNumericExactMatch = $onlyNumeric && $lookupArrayValue == $lookupValue;
+                $nonOnlyNumericExactMatch = !$onlyNumeric && $lookupArrayValue === $lookupValue;
+                $exactMatch = $onlyNumericExactMatch || $nonOnlyNumericExactMatch;
+                if (($matchType == 0) && $exactMatch) {
                     //    exact match
-                    return ++$i;
+                    return $i + 1;
                 } elseif (($matchType == 1) && ($lookupArrayValue <= $lookupValue)) {
                     $i = array_search($i, $keySet);
 
diff --git a/tests/data/Calculation/LookupRef/MATCH.php b/tests/data/Calculation/LookupRef/MATCH.php
index a82acdde..84644949 100644
--- a/tests/data/Calculation/LookupRef/MATCH.php
+++ b/tests/data/Calculation/LookupRef/MATCH.php
@@ -96,4 +96,13 @@ return [
         [8, 8, 3, 2],
         -1,
     ],
+
+    // 0s are causing errors, because things like 0 == 'x' is true. Thanks PHP!
+    [
+        3,
+        'x',
+        [[0], [0], ['x'], ['x'], ['x']],
+        0
+    ],
+
 ];