Saturday 11 August 2001 at Molineux (Att 23,012)

Wolves (1) 2 (Newton 45, Roussel 56): Oakes, Muscat, Naylor (Connelly 85), Butler, Lescott, Newton, Dinning, Robinson, Kennedy, Proudlock, Roussel; Subs Bywater, Pollet, Sinton, Branch.
Portsmouth (2) 2 (Crouch 8, Crowe 20): Beasant, Crowe (Harper 75), Hiley, Moore, Zamperini, Miglioranzi (Panopoulos 70), Quashie, O’Neil, Vincent, Bradbury (Pitt 90), Crouch; Subs Tardif, Vine.

Referee: Mr M Pike (Barrow).
Order of Goals: p,p,W,W.
Booked: Zamperini 21, Moore 39, Bradbury 45, Naylor 75.
Respect: A minute silence was held before the kick-off in remembrance for the late Aaron Flahavan, Portsmouth’s, goalkeeper who was killed in a car crash just days before the match.
Landmark: Shaun Newton and Mark Kennedy make their Wolves debuts. Cedric Roussel nets his first Wolves goal. Dave Beasant and Alessandro Zamperini do the same for Pompey, whilst Courtney Pitt makes his League debut.
Position: 12th.