Substitutes not used: Poole (gk), Tudgay.Referee: G Salisbury (Lancashire).. Power failures cast the spanking new Ricoh Arena briefly into darkness before and during last night's match, but the light finally dawned for Coventry's goal-shy strikers as their team ended a run of seven Championship games without a win. Substitutes not used: Bennett (gk), Einarsson.Derby County (4-4-2): Camp; Kenna, Davies, M Johnson, Whittingham; Bisgaard, Fadiga (Bolder, 51), S Johnson, Smith (El Hamdaoui, 51); John (Holdsworth, 51), Peschisolido. Leeds' fortunes seemed to deteriorate when Richard Cresswell went off nursing a leg injury. Even Hulse's ruthless finishing could not gloss over the sense of decline.The other crucial difference was that Neil Sullivan exuded stability and agility in Leeds' goal, whereas Lee Camp was at fault for Hulse's second and virtually gift-wrapped the third. The sight of Sullivan making a desperate save from Mounir Hamdaoui's header brought him pointing and shouting into the technical area.Gregan, under pressure from Michael Johnson after Bisgaard's corner, scored his second own goal in three home matches with 17 minutes left, but Leeds held out with few alarms.Leeds United (4-4-2): Sullivan; Kelly, Butler, Gregan, Crainey (Kilgallon, 85); Richardson, Douglas, Derry, Lewis; Hulse (Moore, 77), Cresswell (Blake, 25). Phil Brown, the Derby manager, had seen enough and made a triple substitution which had the effect of pushing Leeds back again.His Leeds counterpart, Kevin Blackwell, had been leavinginstructions to his coach, John Carver.

It continued four minutes later as he stole in front of the Derby keeper to glance in Eddie Lewis' cross. Two minutes from the break, after Camp handled Lewis's 35-yard drive like a greasy balloon, Hulse volleyed the loose ball high into the net.The lively Blake was close to making it 4-0 after the interval, only for Camp to make partial amends with a flying save from his free-kick. In the event, the introduction of Robbie Blake galvanised Leeds - and especially his £1.1m strike partner.Hulse's benefit night began in the 32nd minute when he redirected Blake's miscued shot past Camp. Camp's failings were all the more damaging because Derby, driven on by former Leeds midfielder Seth Johnson, had opened so well.Morten Bisgaard sent a free-kick inches wide, while Sullivan did well to parry Paul Peschisolido's shot after Tommy Smith sent him clear. Substitutes not used: Federici (gk), Hunt, Oster, Baradji.Referee: G Poll (Hertfordshire).. A first-half hat-trick by Rob Hulse, doubling his tally for the season in 12 minutes, was enough to take Leeds into the top six of the Championship last night Yet the scoreline flattered them.

Derby County had only a late own goal by Sean Gregan to show for long spells of control that had many of the 18,353 crowd, Leeds' lowest in 16 years, calling for the final whistle long before the end. A combination of factors - Ken Bates' ticket prices, Leeds' humdrum home form, torrential rain and live Champions' League action on TV - ensured there were more empty seats than fans. Substitutes not used: Smith (gk), Cranie, Delap.Reading (4-4-2): Hahnemann; Murty, Ingimarsson, Sonko, Makin; Little, Gunnarsson, Harper, Convey; Lita (Obinna, 82), Doyle. Open goals were missed in the first and last minute - a Nigel Quashie shot and a Fuller header.There was a dust-up between Darren Powell and Kevin Doyle, for which the former may be punished if video evidence is found, but although it was a bruising encounter it was also a committed, entertaining and wildly rain-lashed one.Two Ivar Ingimarsson headers flashed wide, Doyle hit another over and a Glen Little shot was deflected away but it was Southampton, with 21 attempts on goal and 12 corners, who increasingly dominated."It was incredible," Redknapp said. "Anyone who witnessed that game and thought we did not play well doesn't know anything about football." He was right - but it wasn't clear whether that final point was aimed at Woodward, Lowe or the assembled press.Southampton (4-4-2): Niemi; Hajto, Lundekvam, Powell, Higginbotham; Oakley (Ormerod, 87), Quashie, Wise, Kosowski (Pahars, 71); Fuller, Jones.

It also confirmed Reading as genuine promotion contenders even if manager Steve Coppell acknowledged they "rode our luck" and were indebted to an immense display from goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann, with one instinctive one-handed block from Ricardo Fuller and another from Danny Higginbotham.Reading had their moments but increasingly relied on Southampton's profligacy. Yet if Wenger is happy to rely on Campbell why not Eriksson? Either way, both managers are pleased Campbell is flourishing again.. Coaches for vision, motivation, Futsal and - of course - from rugby. Southampton have collected more "ologies" than in that famous old BT ad. But what they need, and Harry Redknapp knows it, is a striker Last night they finished with four None could score.