Saturday 7 February 1998 at Molineux (Att 27,502)

Wolves (0) 0: Stowell, Muscat, Naylor, Sedgley, Richards, Curle, Goodman, Ferguson, Keane, Freedman, Robinson; Subs Paatelainen, Simpson, Atkins.
Sunderland (0) 1 (Ball 89): Perez, Hall, Gray, Clark, Craddock, Ball, Lumsdon (Dichio 65), Ord, Quinn, Phillips, Johnston; Subs Melville, Mullins.

Referee: Mr R Harris (Oxford).
Booked: Johnson 38, Muscat 90, Dichio 90.
Landmark: Chris Lumsdon makes his League debut.
Position: 6th.