Friday 28 August 1998 at Vicarage Road (Att 12,016)

Watford (0) 0: Chamberlain, Bazeley, Kennedy, Palmer, Page, Yates, Smart (Rosenthal 78), Hyde, Ngonge (Noel-Williams 78), Johnson, Easton; Sub Hazen.
Wolves (1) 2 (Bull 45, Keane 46): Stowell, Muscat, Naylor, Richards, Sedgley, Curle, Froggatt, Fernando, Bull, Keane (Connolly 88), Osborn; Subs Paatelainen, Ferguson.

Referee: Mr K Lynch (Kirk Hammerton).
Booked: Ngonge 34, Easton 51.
Television: Match covered live on Sky Sports.
Position: 1st.