Wednesday 26 December 2001 at Molineux (Att 24,024)

Wolves (1) 2 (Sturridge 19, Blake 64): Oakes, Muscat, Naylor (Camara 80), Butler, Pollet, Newton (Robinson HT), Rae, Cameron, Kennedy, Sturridge, Blake; Subs Roussel, Connelly, Murray.
Preston North End (0) 3 (Healy 47, Anderson 56, Gregan 73): Lucas, Alexander, Edwards, Lucketti, Gregan, Cartwright, Rankine, McKenna, Anderson (Eaton 77), Healy, Macken (Basham 84); Subs Moilanen, Skora, Keane.

Referee: Mr P Alcock (Surrey).
Order of Goals: W,p,p,W,p.
Booked: Anderson 45, McKenna 65.
Landmark: Michael Oakes makes his 100th League appearance for Wolves.
Television: This match was shown live on ITV Digital.
Kick-off: Due to the live transmission of the match, the kick-off time was put back to 5:15pm.
Position: 3rd.