Saturday 29 August 1981 at Molineux (Att 28,001)

Wolves (0) 1 (Matthews 62): Bradshaw, Palmer, Parkin, Daniel, Gallagher, Villazan, Birch, Hibbitt (Bell 72), Gray, Clarke, Matthews.
Liverpool (0) 0: Grobbelaar, Neal, Lawrenson, Thompson, R Kennedy (Johnston 72), Hansen, Dalglish, Lee, Johnson, McDermott, Souness.

Referee: Mr J Hunting (Leicester).
Landmark: Joe Gallagher and Alan Birch both make their Wolves debut. Mick Matthews nets his first League goal.
Position: 7th.