Frank Songo'o fired Sheffield Wednesday a Coca-Cola Championship lifeline with a late equaliser at Hillsborough to knock Stoke off the top of the table.
Owls winger Songo'o, a loan signing from Portsmouth earlier this month, ensured a crucial point for Brian Laws' relegation battlers with a low 20-yard shot into the bottom corner in the 82nd minute.
Richard Cresswell had given Tony Pulis' automatic promotion chasers a half-time lead when debutant Stephen Pearson's goalbound shot from outside the area deflected in off the Stoke striker.
The Potters, who have now only won one of their last seven league matches, handed debuts to both Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi and Derby winger Pearson.
Ameobi was forced out of the action in the 78th minute and replaced by midfielder Danny Pugh.
Stoke City: Nash, Griffin, Cort, Dickinson, Riggott, Whelan,Lawrence, Delap, Pearson (Bothroyd 72), Cresswell,Ameobi (Pugh 78).