Saturday 8 November 1997 at Britannia Stadium (Att 18,490)

Stoke City (2) 3 (Kavanagh 8 22p, Forsyth 60): Muggleton, Pickering, Griffin, Sigurdsson, Tweed, Keen, Forsyth, Wallace, Thorpe, Stewart (Andrade 66), Kavanagh; Subs MacKenzie, Whittle.
Wolves (0) 0: Stowell, Muscat, Froggatt, Robinson (Naylor 66), Williams, Curle, Keane, Ferguson, Bull, Freedman, Simpson; Subs Paatelainen, Atkins.

Referee: Mr E Wolstenholme (Blackburn).
Booked: Robinson 22, Stewart 39.
Penalty: Awarded for handball against Kevin Muscat.
Position: 8th.