Saturday 1 November 1997 at Molineux (Att 26,809)

Wolves (0) 1 (Keane 86): Stowell, Muscat, Froggatt, Robinson, Williams, Curle, Keane, Ferguson, Bull, Freedman, Simpson; Subs Atkins, Foley, Naylor.
Middlesbrough (0) 0: Schwarzer, Fleming, Harrison, Whyte, Pearson, Emerson, Maddison (Hignett 86), Summerbell, Beck, Merson, Townsend; Subs Fabio, Ormerod.

Referee: Mr M Pierce (Portsmouth).
Booked: Harrison 2, Muscat 36, Curle 49, Maddison 75, Merson 78.
Position: 9th.