Substitute Tyreece Campbell scored his third goal of the season as Charlton opened up a seven-point gap to the Championship bottom three after a 1-0 victory over Stoke at The Valley.
The visitors' miserable record in the capital continued as they have won one of their last 42 league games there, losing 27.
The south-east Londoners handed a first start of the season to last season's top-scorer Matty Godden, who had been sidelined until early January with a knee injury.
Charlton went close to the opening goal in the sixth minute but Ipswich loanee Harry Clarke's header crashed down off the underside of the crossbar from Sonny Carey's corner.
Stoke centre-back Ashley Phillips then needed to head away from his goal-line after Lyndon Dykes lobbed the ball over goalkeeper Tommy Simkin.
Carey's deliveries continued to cause problems for the visitors and another of his corners was prodded wide by Lloyd Jones before the quarter-hour mark.
Stoke's first threatening moment came in the 17th minute. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, who had a loan spell with the Addicks but made a temporary move to City from Crystal Palace in the winter transfer window, clipped the top of the bar.
Stoke controlled possession in the first period but it did not translate into many chances. They were forced to replace right-back Bosun Lawal due to injury in the 40th minute, with Maksym Talovierov introduced in his place.
Rak-Sakyi was presented with another shooting chance from Lamine Cisse's pass but drove his attempt over before the break.
Godden, replaced on the hour mark by Campbell, had a shot deflected over by Ben Wilmot and Charlton centre-back Jones volleyed into the side-netting from Luke Chambers' deep corner early in the second half.
Stoke took 59 minutes to register a shot on target - Cisse's 25-yard effort straight at home keeper Thomas Kaminski.
Campbell's introduction caused a fresh headache to the Stoke backline and he cut in from the left wing and unleashed a low strike from the edge of the box which was pushed away by Simkin in the 70th minute.
Sorba Thomas, who scored twice in the reverse fixture when Stoke won 3-0, flashed two enticing crosses across the face of Kaminski's goal as well as striking over from distance.
But Campbell made the breakthrough in the 81st minute after latching on to Dykes' flick on, the Jamaica international going past Simkin inside the box and slotting home in front of the Covered End.
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