diff --git a/fail2ban/server/ticket.py b/fail2ban/server/ticket.py
index 3883f0c8..6d856be3 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/ticket.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/ticket.py
@@ -46,9 +46,17 @@ class Ticket:
 		self.__matches = matches or []
 
 	def __str__(self):
-		return "%s: ip=%s time=%s #attempts=%d" % \
-			   (self.__class__.__name__.split('.')[-1], self.__ip, self.__time, self.__attempt)
-	
+		return "%s: ip=%s time=%s #attempts=%d matches=%r" % \
+			   (self.__class__.__name__.split('.')[-1], self.__ip, self.__time, self.__attempt, self.__matches)
+
+	def __repr__(self):
+		return str(self)
+
+	def __eq__(self, other):
+		return self.__ip == other.__ip and \
+				round(self.__time,2) == round(other.__time,2) and \
+				self.__attempt == other.__attempt and \
+				self.__matches == other.__matches
 
 	def setIP(self, value):
 		if isinstance(value, basestring):
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/failmanagertestcase.py b/fail2ban/tests/failmanagertestcase.py
index 00ed603d..ee58d1b9 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/failmanagertestcase.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/failmanagertestcase.py
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ class AddFailure(unittest.TestCase):
 		ticket_str = str(ticket)
 		self.assertEqual(
 			ticket_str,
-			'FailTicket: ip=193.168.0.128 time=1167605999.0 #attempts=5')
+			'FailTicket: ip=193.168.0.128 time=1167605999.0 #attempts=5 matches=[]')
 		# and some get/set-ers otherwise not tested
 		ticket.setTime(1000002000.0)
 		self.assertEqual(ticket.getTime(), 1000002000.0)
 		# and str() adjusted correspondingly
 		self.assertEqual(
 			str(ticket),
-			'FailTicket: ip=193.168.0.128 time=1000002000.0 #attempts=5')
+			'FailTicket: ip=193.168.0.128 time=1000002000.0 #attempts=5 matches=[]')
 	
 	def testbanNOK(self):
 		self.__failManager.setMaxRetry(10)