Saturday 1 February 1997 at Molineux (Att 27,408)

Wolves (1) 2 (Bull 16 54): Stowell, Thompson, Froggatt, Atkins, Williams, Curle, Corica, Emblen, Bull, Goodman (Roberts 82), Osborn; Sub Venus, Ferguson.
Stoke City (0) 0: Muggleton, Pickering (Devlin 74), Griffin, Sigurdsson, Whittle, Forsyth, McMahon, Wallace, Macari, Sheron, Kavanagh; Subs MacKenzie, Stokoe.

Referee: Mr R Poulain (Huddersfield).
Booked: Kavanagh 32.
Position: 2nd.