diff --git a/AltoRouter.php b/AltoRouter.php
index d8ff998..5bd63b3 100644
--- a/AltoRouter.php
+++ b/AltoRouter.php
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ public function match($requestUrl = null, $requestMethod = null)
             $requestUrl = substr($requestUrl, 0, $strpos);
         }
 
+        $lastRequestUrlChar = $requestUrl[strlen($requestUrl)-1];
+
         // set Request Method if it isn't passed as a parameter
         if ($requestMethod === null) {
             $requestMethod = isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] : 'GET';
@@ -230,10 +232,12 @@ public function match($requestUrl = null, $requestMethod = null)
                 // No params in url, do string comparison
                 $match = strcmp($requestUrl, $route) === 0;
             } else {
-                // Compare longest non-param string with url
-                if (strncmp($requestUrl, $route, $position) !== 0) {
+                // Compare longest non-param string with url before moving on to regex
+				// Check if last character before param is a slash, because it could be optional if param is optional too (see https://github.com/dannyvankooten/AltoRouter/issues/241)
+                if (strncmp($requestUrl, $route, $position) !== 0 && ($lastRequestUrlChar === '/' || $route[$position-1] !== '/')) {
                     continue;
                 }
+
                 $regex = $this->compileRoute($route);
                 $match = preg_match($regex, $requestUrl, $params) === 1;
             }
@@ -254,6 +258,7 @@ public function match($requestUrl = null, $requestMethod = null)
                 ];
             }
         }
+
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/AltoRouterTest.php b/tests/AltoRouterTest.php
index fc4752b..4c125e3 100644
--- a/tests/AltoRouterTest.php
+++ b/tests/AltoRouterTest.php
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ public function testMatchWithPlainRoute()
             ->getMock();
 
         // this should prove that compileRoute is not called when the route doesn't
-        // have any params in it, but this doesn't work because compileRoute is private.
+        // have any params in it
         $router->expects($this->never())
             ->method('compileRoute');
 
@@ -384,8 +384,6 @@ public function testMatchWithPlainRoute()
             'name' => 'contact'
         ], $router->match('/contact', 'GET'));
 
-        $router->map('GET', '/page/[:id]', 'pages#show', 'page');
-
         // no prefix match, so no regex compilation necessary
         $this->assertFalse($router->match('/page1', 'GET'));
     }