Thursday 17 January 2002 at Fratton Park (Att 13,105)

Portsmouth (1) 2 (Quashie 12, Prosinecki 80): Beasant, Hiley (Lovell 89), Crowe, Primus, Buxton, Derry, Quashie, Vincent, Prosinecki, Crouch, Harper (O’Neill 89); Subs Tardif, Zamperini, Pitt.
Wolves (1) 3 (Rae 15, Blake 61, Sturridge 85): Oakes, Muscat, Camara, Butler, Lescott, Newton, Rae, Cameron, Kennedy (Ndah 84), Sturridge, Blake; Subs Naylor, Andrews, Miller, Murray.

Referee: Mr M Dean (Heswall).
Order of Goals: p,W,W,p,W.
Booked: Primus 18, Newton 37, Sturridge 43, Hiley 68, Vincent 70, Camara 86.
Togetherness: Wolves players come together in a huddle before kick-off for the first time, they do it for every game for the remainder of the season.
Landmark: Alex Rae scores his 100th League goal in English and Scottish Football. Robert Prosenecki’s eightieth minute strike was the 100th scored by Portsmouth against Wolves in the Football League.
Television: This match was shown live on ITV Digital.
Position: 2nd.