Middlesbrough 0 Stoke City 1
Outcome: Lost
Date: 8/23/1997
Manager: Bryan Robson
Attendance: 30122
Competition: Division One
Goals:
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Ben Roberts | |||
| Curtis Fleming | |||
| Gianluca Festa | |||
| Steve Vickers | |||
| Craig Liddle | |||
| Craig Hignett | |||
| Phil Stamp | |||
| Robbie Mustoe | |||
| Alan Moore | |||
| Fabrizio Ravanelli | |||
| Paul Merson |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Chris Freestone | |||
| Mickel Beck |