Redirect a URL to next upcoming post by ACF date field.php

/*** Custom function for making the /matchday/ URL redirect to the next upcoming match URL
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ***/
add_action('template_redirect', 'redirect_to_next_match');
function redirect_to_next_match() {
    if (is_page('matchday')) { // Check if the current page is /matchday/
        $today = date('Ymd'); // Get today's date in ACF's preferred format.
        $args = array(
            'post_type' => 'match', // Your custom post type.
            'posts_per_page' => 1, // We only need the next match.
            'meta_key' => 'match_date', // The ACF field key for the match date.
            'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
            'order' => 'ASC', // Order by the match date ascending.
            'meta_query' => array(
                array(
                    'key' => 'match_date',
                    'value' => $today,
                    'compare' => '>=', // Find matches with the date today or in the future.
                    'type' => 'DATE'
                ),
            ),
        );
        $matches = new WP_Query($args);
        if ($matches->have_posts()) {
            while ($matches->have_posts()) {
                $matches->the_post();
                $match_url = get_the_permalink();
                wp_redirect($match_url); // Redirect to the match page.
                exit;
            }
        }
    }
}