diff --git a/packages/expect/src/jest-expect.ts b/packages/expect/src/jest-expect.ts
index 1df2260926e86..214abb01e878d 100644
--- a/packages/expect/src/jest-expect.ts
+++ b/packages/expect/src/jest-expect.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { MockInstance } from '@vitest/spy'
 import { isMockFunction } from '@vitest/spy'
 import type { Test } from '@vitest/runner'
 import type { Assertion, ChaiPlugin } from './types'
-import { arrayBufferEquality, generateToBeMessage, iterableEquality, equals as jestEquals, sparseArrayEquality, subsetEquality, typeEquality } from './jest-utils'
+import { arrayBufferEquality, generateToBeMessage, getObjectSubset, iterableEquality, equals as jestEquals, sparseArrayEquality, subsetEquality, typeEquality } from './jest-utils'
 import type { AsymmetricMatcher } from './jest-asymmetric-matchers'
 import { diff, getCustomEqualityTesters, stringify } from './jest-matcher-utils'
 import { JEST_MATCHERS_OBJECT } from './constants'
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export const JestChaiExpect: ChaiPlugin = (chai, utils) => {
       'expected #{this} to match object #{exp}',
       'expected #{this} to not match object #{exp}',
       expected,
-      actual,
+      getObjectSubset(actual, expected),
     )
   })
   def('toMatch', function (expected: string | RegExp) {
diff --git a/packages/expect/src/jest-utils.ts b/packages/expect/src/jest-utils.ts
index 60322d0198150..7b2ce37d9d3d3 100644
--- a/packages/expect/src/jest-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/expect/src/jest-utils.ts
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ export function iterableEquality(a: any, b: any, customTesters: Array<Tester> =
 /**
  * Checks if `hasOwnProperty(object, key)` up the prototype chain, stopping at `Object.prototype`.
  */
-function hasPropertyInObject(object: object, key: string): boolean {
+function hasPropertyInObject(object: object, key: string | symbol): boolean {
   const shouldTerminate
     = !object || typeof object !== 'object' || object === Object.prototype
 
@@ -540,3 +540,58 @@ export function generateToBeMessage(deepEqualityName: string, expected = '#{this
 export function pluralize(word: string, count: number): string {
   return `${count} ${word}${count === 1 ? '' : 's'}`
 }
+
+export function getObjectKeys(object: object): Array<string | symbol> {
+  return [
+    ...Object.keys(object),
+    ...Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(object).filter(
+      s => Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(object, s)?.enumerable,
+    ),
+  ]
+}
+
+export function getObjectSubset(object: any, subset: any, customTesters: Array<Tester> = [], seenReferences: WeakMap<object, boolean> = new WeakMap()): any {
+  if (Array.isArray(object)) {
+    if (Array.isArray(subset) && subset.length === object.length) {
+      // The map method returns correct subclass of subset.
+      return subset.map((sub: any, i: number) =>
+        getObjectSubset(object[i], sub, customTesters),
+      )
+    }
+  }
+  else if (object instanceof Date) {
+    return object
+  }
+  else if (isObject(object) && isObject(subset)) {
+    if (
+      equals(object, subset, [
+        ...customTesters,
+        iterableEquality,
+        subsetEquality,
+      ])
+    ) {
+      // Avoid unnecessary copy which might return Object instead of subclass.
+      return subset
+    }
+
+    const trimmed: any = {}
+    seenReferences.set(object, trimmed)
+
+    for (const key of getObjectKeys(object).filter(key =>
+      hasPropertyInObject(subset, key),
+    )) {
+      trimmed[key] = seenReferences.has(object[key])
+        ? seenReferences.get(object[key])
+        : getObjectSubset(
+          object[key],
+          subset[key],
+          customTesters,
+          seenReferences,
+        )
+    }
+
+    if (getObjectKeys(trimmed).length > 0)
+      return trimmed
+  }
+  return object
+}
diff --git a/test/core/test/jest-expect.test.ts b/test/core/test/jest-expect.test.ts
index 990361d411465..a8ef055661a1f 100644
--- a/test/core/test/jest-expect.test.ts
+++ b/test/core/test/jest-expect.test.ts
@@ -901,24 +901,96 @@ it('correctly prints diff with asymmetric matchers', () => {
   }
 })
 
-it('toHaveProperty error diff', () => {
-  setupColors(getDefaultColors())
+// make it easy for dev who trims trailing whitespace on IDE
+function trim(s: string): string {
+  return s.replaceAll(/ *$/gm, '')
+}
 
-  // make it easy for dev who trims trailing whitespace on IDE
-  function trim(s: string): string {
-    return s.replaceAll(/ *$/gm, '')
+function getError(f: () => unknown) {
+  try {
+    f()
+    return expect.unreachable()
   }
-
-  function getError(f: () => unknown) {
-    try {
-      f()
-      return expect.unreachable()
-    }
-    catch (error) {
-      const processed = processError(error)
-      return [processed.message, trim(processed.diff)]
-    }
+  catch (error) {
+    const processed = processError(error)
+    return [processed.message, trim(processed.diff)]
   }
+}
+
+it('toMatchObject error diff', () => {
+  setupColors(getDefaultColors())
+
+  // single property on root
+  expect(getError(() => expect({ a: 1, b: 2, c: { d: 4 } }).toMatchObject({ b: 3 }))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    [
+      "expected { a: 1, b: 2, c: { d: 4 } } to match object { b: 3 }",
+      "- Expected
+    + Received
+
+      Object {
+    -   "b": 3,
+    +   "b": 2,
+      }",
+    ]
+  `)
+
+  // nested property
+  expect(getError(() => expect({ a: 1, b: 2, c: { d: 4 } }).toMatchObject({ c: { d: 5 } }))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    [
+      "expected { a: 1, b: 2, c: { d: 4 } } to match object { c: { d: 5 } }",
+      "- Expected
+    + Received
+
+      Object {
+        "c": Object {
+    -     "d": 5,
+    +     "d": 4,
+        },
+      }",
+    ]
+  `)
+
+  // multiple nested properties
+  expect(getError(() => expect({ a: 1, b: 2, c: { d: 4 }, foo: { value: 'bar' }, bar: { value: 'foo' } }).toMatchObject({ c: { d: 5 }, foo: { value: 'biz' } }))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    [
+      "expected { a: 1, b: 2, c: { d: 4 }, …(2) } to match object { c: { d: 5 }, foo: { value: 'biz' } }",
+      "- Expected
+    + Received
+
+      Object {
+        "c": Object {
+    -     "d": 5,
+    +     "d": 4,
+        },
+        "foo": Object {
+    -     "value": "biz",
+    +     "value": "bar",
+        },
+      }",
+    ]
+  `)
+
+  // property on root, nothing stripped
+  expect(getError(() => expect({ a: 1, b: 2, c: { d: 4 } }).toMatchObject({ a: 1, b: 3, c: { d: 4 } }))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    [
+      "expected { a: 1, b: 2, c: { d: 4 } } to match object { a: 1, b: 3, c: { d: 4 } }",
+      "- Expected
+    + Received
+
+      Object {
+        "a": 1,
+    -   "b": 3,
+    +   "b": 2,
+        "c": Object {
+          "d": 4,
+        },
+      }",
+    ]
+  `)
+})
+
+it('toHaveProperty error diff', () => {
+  setupColors(getDefaultColors())
 
   // non match value
   expect(getError(() => expect({ name: 'foo' }).toHaveProperty('name', 'bar'))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`