Kaizer Chiefs' Orlando Stadium jinx struck again when Moroka Swallows edged out Amakhosi 2-1 in an Absa Premiership Soweto Derby played on Wednesday night.

Chiefs have played five times at the newly renovated home of soccer in Soweto this season and have yet to score a win.

It was the Birds' second win on the bounce and showed they are on the mend after a bad start to the season. The defeated Maritzburg United 2-0 at Dobsonville at the weekend.

A red card goes to the pitch which was in a shocking condition and bad news for Saturday night's MTN8 final between Golden Arrows and Ajax Cape Town at the same venue. It was bumpy and the players battled to play decent soccer on it.

The Birds started well and caused Amakhosi problems with their pace down the left flank. Sibusiso Khumalo hit the post when he collected a defence splitting pass from his captain Lefa Tsutsulupa in the eight minute.

Khumalo, the South African Under-20 star turned provider for the Birds' opening goal when his cross once again found the suspect Chiefs defence stranded and Morgan Shivambu had an easy job of planting the ball into the back of the net in the 17th minute.

To their credit Chiefs fought back and managed to get their act together and were level with a scorching goal from Reneilwe Letsholonyane in the 26th minute that gave keeper Greg Etafia no chance.

The Birds' Nigerian born keeper came to the rescue a minute later when he did well to fist another powerful Letsholonyane's shot from 25 metres over his crossbar.

At the other end Chiefs keeper Arthur Bartman did well to come quickly off his line and throw his body at David Radebe's goal bound shot in the 35th minute as Swallows tried to hit their hosts on the break.

Amakhosi went for broke at the start of the second half but left their shooting boots inside their dressingroom

. Letsholonyane was put through by Tinashe Nengomasha in the 50th minute and with only Etafia to beat the Bafana midfielder blasted his close range shot over the crossbar.

Then Kaizer Motaung Jnr missed two chances within a minute. The first shot in the 57th minute was saved by Etafia but a minute later he missed a sitter.

Motaung was put though near the six-yard box by Josta Dladla and when he should have picked his spot in the back of the net he went for power and blasted wide.

Swallows lanky striker Lungisani Ndlela forced Bartman to parry his shot in the 62rd minute as Birds tried to hit their hosts on the counter attack. But a minute later Ndlela made it 2-1 when he connected substitute Ryan Botha's cross and volleyed home an unstoppable shot.

Botha was lucky to get away with a lunging two-footed tackle on defender Tshifiwa Mmbooi in the 66th minute. Referee Matthew Dyer only spoke to the Birds winger when a yellow or red card looked a better option.

Nhleko missed the sitter of the game in the 85th minute when he struck the crossbar from less than a metre from the goal line after a tremendous defence-splitting cross from Letsholonyane which about summed up the home team's night.