Kaizer Chiefs took advantage of Golden Arrows complacency when they beat them 2-0 at Orlando Stadium on Wednesday night.

Chiefs duly took advantage of their opponents' complacency and lethargy by scoring two opportunist goals from Reneilwe Letsholonyane and Kaizer Motaung jnr within three minutes shortly before half-time and running out pretty straight-forward 2-0 winners.

In the process, 'Amakhosi' set the record straight by banishing the embarrassing record of failing in all five home games this season on the rebuilt ground where they first made their reputation during the halcyon days of the 1970s and 1980s.

It was also a timely success for Chiefs in view of their pending Soweto derby against Orlando Pirates on Saturday, with Amakhosi moving from eighth position in the log to a more challenging and respectable seventh place.

While Chiefs' goals in the 41st and 44th minutes came from two players who produced timely morale-boosters and contained a fair measure of finely-tuned rapport and enterprise, they were assisted in no small degree by disorganised and haphazard defending.

And for Arrows it was a lesson that you are as good as your last performance - and Saturday's glory must have seemed a few light years away from the Durban club's players after their deflating performance.

Arrows, to their credit, improved during the second period and enjoyed territorial advantage during the final 45 minutes, with Ntlantla Zothwane unlucky with a snap 50th minute shot that struck the woodwork.

And indeed, the biggest scare for Chiefs and their supporters in a 16 000 crowd emerged when the floodlighting system partly failed for the final five minutes and aroused the fear that the match might have to be abandoned.

Much to the relief of the 'Amakhosi' clan, the game reached finality -albeit with a section of the lighting not operating.

And, to some extent, it cast a pall over floodlight soccer generally at this historic venue after the lights had failed in the MTN final on Saturday as well.

Chiefs' night of satisfaction was soured to some degree by the unbecoming behaviour of Serbian coach Vladimir Vermezovic, who pulled off Abia Nale shortly after the start of the second half and then proceeded to give him a heated tongue-lashing in full view of the crowd when a more professional approach would have been to direct his comments at the distraught player in more appropriate surroundings.