City slipped up to another late equaliser as two more home points went begging against Burton.

The Bantams looked on course for their first win in 2012 after Andrew Davies netted a superb free-kick.

But just like last week against Morecambe, there was a nasty sting in the tail with the visitors levelling five minutes from the end.

Nahki Wells caused instant trouble for the Burton back four with two defenders quickly booked for bringing him down.

It was a disjointed start to the game, which was not helped by a bobbly surface. There were too many loose passes and the first shot after 15 minutes was high, wild and not particularly handsome from Burton winger Cleveland Taylor.

Craig Fagan cleverly created City's first opening but his cross was a fraction high for Ritchie Jones who headed over.

The frequent stoppages prevented any flow to proceedings but yet another free-kick two minutes before half-time saw the deadlock broken in stunning fashion.

Ryan Austin tugged James Hanson's shirt 25 yards out and Davies curled an unstoppable set-piece over the wall and into the top corner of the net.

Swirling rain made conditions trickier after the restart and City were almost caught out by a Justin Richards cross that flew untouched across the goalmouth.

Ricky Ravenhill fired narrowly across goal at the other end before Davies was denied a second by a fine save from Ross Atkins, who just managed to claw his header from a corner on to the post.

Andy Haworth then got clear but his cross just beat Wells sliding in at the far post.

City scorned the chance to put the game to bed with several promising breaks not leading to anything.

And they paid the price after 85 minutes when Burton's subs combined for Adi Yussuff to touch in Chris Palmer's cross.

Deane Smalley, on his debut, shot wide and Ricky Ravenhill half-volleyed over in stoppage time as City finished frustrated again.