Saturday 20 October 2001 at Molineux (Att 26,471)

Wolves (0) 0: Oakes, Muscat, Naylor, Butler, Lescott, Newton, Robinson (Rae 75), Cameron, Kennedy, Proudlock (Branch 66), Blake; Subs Murray, Connelly, Roussel.
Crystal Palace (1) 1 (Kirovski 45): Clarke, Vickers, Smith, Popovic, Mullins, Kirovski (Hopkin 81), Riihilahti, Rodger, Gray, Morrison, Freedman (Austin 90); Subs Kolinko, Black, Thomson.

Referee: Mr S Dunn (Bristol).
Booked: Morrison 8, Smith 26, Robinson 44, Newton 89.
Position: 2nd.