XPathContains assertion failt for path

Good Morning,

I am trying validate a piece of data. I am using the "XPath Match" method.

In my Declare section, I have:

Response/items/e/currentValue/data

In my expected section I have:

2

I receive the correct data back, but the Match does not validate properly.

I am relatively new to SoapUI, so I looked online and saw similar problems. But this seems different, and I am not sure what to make of it.

Thanks for your help...