Wednesday 4 March 1998 at Molineux (Att 21,058)

Wolves (1) 1 (Freedman 23): Segers, Atkins, Naylor, Simpson, Richards, Curle, Keane (Muscat 70), Robinson, Bull, Freedman (Paatelainen 78), Osborn; Sub Murray.
Stoke City (0) 1 (Crowe 90): Southall, Pickering (Crowe 67), Tiatto, Sigurdsson, Whittle, Holsgrove (McNally 82), Forsyth, Wallace, Thorne, Lightbourne, Kavanagh; Sub Heath.

Referee: Mr E Wolstenholme (Blackburn).
Booked: Tiatto 16, Osborn 80.
Landmark: Hans Segers makes his Wolves debut. Dougie Freedman nets the 12,500th goal in all Wolves Football League matches.
Position: 9th.