diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/error.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/error.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 12762a3378..0000000000
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/error.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import type { ExpectMatcherState } from '../../types/test';
-import { kNoElementsFoundError, matcherHint } from './matcherHint';
-import { colors } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
-import type { Locator } from 'playwright-core';
-import { EXPECTED_COLOR, printReceived } from '../common/expectBundle';
-import { printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult, printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring } from './expect';
-import { callLogText } from '../util';
-
-export function toMatchExpectedStringOrPredicateVerification(
-  state: ExpectMatcherState,
-  matcherName: string,
-  receiver: Locator | undefined,
-  expression: string | Locator | undefined,
-  expected: string | RegExp | Function,
-  supportsPredicate: boolean = false
-): void {
-  const matcherOptions = {
-    isNot: state.isNot,
-    promise: state.promise,
-  };
-
-  if (
-    !(typeof expected === 'string') &&
-    !(expected && 'test' in expected && typeof expected.test === 'function') &&
-    !(supportsPredicate && typeof expected === 'function')
-  ) {
-    // Same format as jest's matcherErrorMessage
-    const message = supportsPredicate ? 'string, regular expression, or predicate' : 'string or regular expression';
-
-    throw new Error([
-      // Always display `expected` in expectation place
-      matcherHint(state, receiver, matcherName, expression, undefined, matcherOptions),
-      `${colors.bold('Matcher error')}: ${EXPECTED_COLOR('expected',)} value must be a ${message}`,
-      state.utils.printWithType('Expected', expected, state.utils.printExpected)
-    ].join('\n\n'));
-  }
-}
-
-export function textMatcherMessage(state: ExpectMatcherState, matcherName: string, receiver: Locator | undefined, expression: string, expected: string | RegExp | Function, received: string | undefined, callLog: string[] | undefined, stringName: string, pass: boolean, didTimeout: boolean, timeout: number): string {
-  const matcherOptions = {
-    isNot: state.isNot,
-    promise: state.promise,
-  };
-  const receivedString = received || '';
-  const messagePrefix = matcherHint(state, receiver, matcherName, expression, undefined, matcherOptions, didTimeout ? timeout : undefined);
-  const notFound = received === kNoElementsFoundError;
-
-  let printedReceived: string | undefined;
-  let printedExpected: string | undefined;
-  let printedDiff: string | undefined;
-  if (typeof expected === 'function') {
-    printedExpected = `Expected predicate to ${!state.isNot ? 'succeed' : 'fail'}`;
-    printedReceived = `Received string: ${printReceived(receivedString)}`;
-  } else {
-    if (pass) {
-      if (typeof expected === 'string') {
-        if (notFound) {
-          printedExpected = `Expected ${stringName}: not ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
-          printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
-        } else {
-          printedExpected = `Expected ${stringName}: not ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
-          const formattedReceived = printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring(receivedString, receivedString.indexOf(expected), expected.length);
-          printedReceived = `Received string: ${formattedReceived}`;
-        }
-      } else {
-        if (notFound) {
-          printedExpected = `Expected pattern: not ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
-          printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
-        } else {
-          printedExpected = `Expected pattern: not ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
-          const formattedReceived = printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult(receivedString, typeof expected.exec === 'function' ? expected.exec(receivedString) : null);
-          printedReceived = `Received string: ${formattedReceived}`;
-        }
-      }
-    } else {
-      const labelExpected = `Expected ${typeof expected === 'string' ? stringName : 'pattern'}`;
-      if (notFound) {
-        printedExpected = `${labelExpected}: ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
-        printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
-      } else {
-        printedDiff = state.utils.printDiffOrStringify(expected, receivedString, labelExpected, 'Received string', false);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  const resultDetails = printedDiff ? printedDiff : printedExpected + '\n' + printedReceived;
-  return messagePrefix + resultDetails + callLogText(callLog);
-}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
index 8085269342..66a491a743 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ import { expectTypes, callLogText } from '../util';
 import { toBeTruthy } from './toBeTruthy';
 import { toEqual } from './toEqual';
 import { toMatchText } from './toMatchText';
-import { isRegExp, isString, isTextualMimeType, pollAgainstDeadline, serializeExpectedTextValues, urlMatches } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils';
+import { isRegExp, isString, isTextualMimeType, pollAgainstDeadline, serializeExpectedTextValues } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils';
 import { currentTestInfo } from '../common/globals';
 import { TestInfoImpl } from '../worker/testInfo';
 import type { ExpectMatcherState } from '../../types/test';
 import { takeFirst } from '../common/config';
-import { textMatcherMessage, toMatchExpectedStringOrPredicateVerification } from './error';
+import { toHaveURL as toHaveURLExternal } from './toHaveURL';
 
 export interface LocatorEx extends Locator {
   _expect(expression: string, options: FrameExpectParams): Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[], timedOut?: boolean }>;
@@ -393,79 +393,7 @@ export async function toHaveURL(
   expected: string | RegExp | ((url: URL) => boolean),
   options?: { ignoreCase?: boolean; timeout?: number },
 ) {
-  const matcherName = 'toHaveURL';
-  const expression = 'page';
-  toMatchExpectedStringOrPredicateVerification(
-      this,
-      matcherName,
-      undefined,
-      expression,
-      expected,
-      true,
-  );
-
-  const timeout = options?.timeout ?? this.timeout;
-  let conditionSucceeded = false;
-  let lastCheckedURLString: string | undefined = undefined;
-  try {
-    await page.mainFrame().waitForURL(
-        url => {
-          const baseURL: string | undefined = (page.context() as any)._options
-              .baseURL;
-          lastCheckedURLString = url.toString();
-
-          if (options?.ignoreCase) {
-            return (
-              !this.isNot ===
-              urlMatches(
-                  baseURL?.toLocaleLowerCase(),
-                  lastCheckedURLString.toLocaleLowerCase(),
-                  typeof expected === 'string'
-                    ? expected.toLocaleLowerCase()
-                    : expected,
-              )
-            );
-          }
-
-          return (
-            !this.isNot ===
-            urlMatches(
-                baseURL,
-                lastCheckedURLString,
-                expected,
-            )
-          );
-        },
-        { timeout },
-    );
-
-    conditionSucceeded = true;
-  } catch (e) {
-    conditionSucceeded = false;
-  }
-
-  if (conditionSucceeded)
-    return { pass: !this.isNot, message: () => '' };
-
-  return {
-    pass: this.isNot,
-    message: () =>
-      textMatcherMessage(
-          this,
-          matcherName,
-          undefined,
-          expression,
-          expected,
-          lastCheckedURLString,
-          undefined,
-          'string',
-          this.isNot,
-          true,
-          timeout,
-      ),
-    actual: lastCheckedURLString,
-    timeout,
-  };
+  return toHaveURLExternal.call(this, page, expected, options);
 }
 
 export async function toBeOK(
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toHaveURL.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toHaveURL.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffdb740971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toHaveURL.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import type { Page } from 'playwright-core';
+import type { ExpectMatcherState } from '../../types/test';
+import { EXPECTED_COLOR, printReceived } from '../common/expectBundle';
+import { matcherHint, type MatcherResult } from './matcherHint';
+import { urlMatches } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils';
+import { colors } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
+import { printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult, printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring } from './expect';
+
+export async function toHaveURL(
+  this: ExpectMatcherState,
+  page: Page,
+  expected: string | RegExp | ((url: URL) => boolean),
+  options?: { ignoreCase?: boolean; timeout?: number },
+): Promise<MatcherResult<string | RegExp, string>> {
+  const matcherName = 'toHaveURL';
+  const expression = 'page';
+  const matcherOptions = {
+    isNot: this.isNot,
+    promise: this.promise,
+  };
+
+  if (
+    !(typeof expected === 'string') &&
+    !(expected && 'test' in expected && typeof expected.test === 'function') &&
+    !(typeof expected === 'function')
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(
+        [
+          // Always display `expected` in expectation place
+          matcherHint(this, undefined, matcherName, expression, undefined, matcherOptions),
+          `${colors.bold('Matcher error')}: ${EXPECTED_COLOR('expected')} value must be a string, regular expression, or predicate`,
+          this.utils.printWithType('Expected', expected, this.utils.printExpected,),
+        ].join('\n\n'),
+    );
+  }
+
+  const timeout = options?.timeout ?? this.timeout;
+  let conditionSucceeded = false;
+  let lastCheckedURLString: string | undefined = undefined;
+  try {
+    await page.mainFrame().waitForURL(
+        url => {
+          const baseURL: string | undefined = (page.context() as any)._options
+              .baseURL;
+          lastCheckedURLString = url.toString();
+
+          if (options?.ignoreCase) {
+            return (
+              !this.isNot ===
+              urlMatches(
+                  baseURL?.toLocaleLowerCase(),
+                  lastCheckedURLString.toLocaleLowerCase(),
+                  typeof expected === 'string'
+                    ? expected.toLocaleLowerCase()
+                    : expected,
+              )
+            );
+          }
+
+          return (
+            !this.isNot === urlMatches(baseURL, lastCheckedURLString, expected)
+          );
+        },
+        { timeout },
+    );
+
+    conditionSucceeded = true;
+  } catch (e) {
+    conditionSucceeded = false;
+  }
+
+  if (conditionSucceeded)
+    return { name: matcherName, pass: !this.isNot, message: () => '' };
+
+  return {
+    name: matcherName,
+    pass: this.isNot,
+    message: () =>
+      toHaveURLMessage(
+          this,
+          matcherName,
+          expression,
+          expected,
+          lastCheckedURLString,
+          this.isNot,
+          true,
+          timeout,
+      ),
+    actual: lastCheckedURLString,
+    timeout,
+  };
+}
+
+function toHaveURLMessage(
+  state: ExpectMatcherState,
+  matcherName: string,
+  expression: string,
+  expected: string | RegExp | Function,
+  received: string | undefined,
+  pass: boolean,
+  didTimeout: boolean,
+  timeout: number,
+): string {
+  const matcherOptions = {
+    isNot: state.isNot,
+    promise: state.promise,
+  };
+  const receivedString = received || '';
+  const messagePrefix = matcherHint(state, undefined, matcherName, expression, undefined, matcherOptions, didTimeout ? timeout : undefined);
+
+  let printedReceived: string | undefined;
+  let printedExpected: string | undefined;
+  let printedDiff: string | undefined;
+  if (typeof expected === 'function') {
+    printedExpected = `Expected predicate to ${!state.isNot ? 'succeed' : 'fail'}`;
+    printedReceived = `Received string: ${printReceived(receivedString)}`;
+  } else {
+    if (pass) {
+      if (typeof expected === 'string') {
+        printedExpected = `Expected string: not ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+        const formattedReceived = printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring(receivedString, receivedString.indexOf(expected), expected.length);
+        printedReceived = `Received string: ${formattedReceived}`;
+      } else {
+        printedExpected = `Expected pattern: not ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+        const formattedReceived = printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult(receivedString, typeof expected.exec === 'function' ? expected.exec(receivedString) : null);
+        printedReceived = `Received string: ${formattedReceived}`;
+      }
+    } else {
+      const labelExpected = `Expected ${typeof expected === 'string' ? 'string' : 'pattern'}`;
+      printedDiff = state.utils.printDiffOrStringify(expected, receivedString, labelExpected, 'Received string', false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const resultDetails = printedDiff ? printedDiff : printedExpected + '\n' + printedReceived;
+  return messagePrefix + resultDetails;
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
index b4ded21e0e..2f8bc34b21 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,17 @@
  */
 
 
-import { expectTypes } from '../util';
+import { expectTypes, callLogText } from '../util';
+import {
+  printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult,
+  printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring
+} from './expect';
+import { EXPECTED_COLOR } from '../common/expectBundle';
 import type { ExpectMatcherState } from '../../types/test';
+import { kNoElementsFoundError, matcherHint } from './matcherHint';
 import type { MatcherResult } from './matcherHint';
 import type { Locator } from 'playwright-core';
-import { textMatcherMessage, toMatchExpectedStringOrPredicateVerification } from './error';
+import { colors } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
 
 export async function toMatchText(
   this: ExpectMatcherState,
@@ -31,7 +37,23 @@ export async function toMatchText(
   options: { timeout?: number, matchSubstring?: boolean } = {},
 ): Promise<MatcherResult<string | RegExp, string>> {
   expectTypes(receiver, [receiverType], matcherName);
-  toMatchExpectedStringOrPredicateVerification(this, matcherName, receiver, receiver, expected);
+
+  const matcherOptions = {
+    isNot: this.isNot,
+    promise: this.promise,
+  };
+
+  if (
+    !(typeof expected === 'string') &&
+    !(expected && typeof expected.test === 'function')
+  ) {
+    // Same format as jest's matcherErrorMessage
+    throw new Error([
+      matcherHint(this, receiver, matcherName, receiver, expected, matcherOptions),
+      `${colors.bold('Matcher error')}: ${EXPECTED_COLOR('expected',)} value must be a string or regular expression`,
+      this.utils.printWithType('Expected', expected, this.utils.printExpected)
+    ].join('\n\n'));
+  }
 
   const timeout = options.timeout ?? this.timeout;
 
@@ -46,24 +68,52 @@ export async function toMatchText(
   }
 
   const stringSubstring = options.matchSubstring ? 'substring' : 'string';
+  const receivedString = received || '';
+  const messagePrefix = matcherHint(this, receiver, matcherName, 'locator', undefined, matcherOptions, timedOut ? timeout : undefined);
+  const notFound = received === kNoElementsFoundError;
+
+  let printedReceived: string | undefined;
+  let printedExpected: string | undefined;
+  let printedDiff: string | undefined;
+  if (pass) {
+    if (typeof expected === 'string') {
+      if (notFound) {
+        printedExpected = `Expected ${stringSubstring}: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+        printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
+      } else {
+        printedExpected = `Expected ${stringSubstring}: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+        const formattedReceived = printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring(receivedString, receivedString.indexOf(expected), expected.length);
+        printedReceived = `Received string: ${formattedReceived}`;
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (notFound) {
+        printedExpected = `Expected pattern: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+        printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
+      } else {
+        printedExpected = `Expected pattern: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+        const formattedReceived = printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult(receivedString, typeof expected.exec === 'function' ? expected.exec(receivedString) : null);
+        printedReceived = `Received string: ${formattedReceived}`;
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    const labelExpected = `Expected ${typeof expected === 'string' ? stringSubstring : 'pattern'}`;
+    if (notFound) {
+      printedExpected = `${labelExpected}: ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+      printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
+    } else {
+      printedDiff = this.utils.printDiffOrStringify(expected, receivedString, labelExpected, 'Received string', false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const message = () => {
+    const resultDetails = printedDiff ? printedDiff : printedExpected + '\n' + printedReceived;
+    return messagePrefix + resultDetails + callLogText(log);
+  };
 
   return {
     name: matcherName,
     expected,
-    message: () =>
-      textMatcherMessage(
-          this,
-          matcherName,
-          receiver,
-          'locator',
-          expected,
-          received,
-          log,
-          stringSubstring,
-          pass,
-          !!timedOut,
-          timeout,
-      ),
+    message,
     pass,
     actual: received,
     log,