Dundee made one change when Clark Robertson returned to central defence with Aaron Donnelly switching to the bench.St Mirren had the first shot at goal when Carson saved with his knees to deny O'Hara. Dundee raced straight up the park and Ziyad Larkeche’s cross from the left flew through the penalty area. Jordan McGhee sent a cross back into the goalmouth. Seun Adewumi stopped the defence clearing and kept the ball alive allowing Simon Murray to sweep the ball home from 12 yards.
St Mirren had a go after this but the fianal ball was not good enough to trouble the Dundee defence. For the rest of the half both teams attacked and the Dundee midfield did well to stop moves and get vital blocks in to deny a lively St Mirren side.
After half time St Mirren made two changes, and that made them more dangerous. Scott Tiffoney just missed a great cross from Josh Mulligan to score.
Trevor Carson had to make two good saves soon after as St Mirren were on the attack, but the game changed Dundee's way on 62 minutes. Under no pressure Hemming's miskicked the ball which hit the back of Murray.
After it came down Simon Murray passed the ball home from 40 yards out to make it 2-0.
After this Dundee made a change when Billy Koumetio replaced Clark Robertson for the last 22 minutes. Clark had a good game and along side Joe Shaughnessy they were immense.
It was great also to keep a clean sheet first time for about a year at home in the league. Not the best performance today but the result was massive.
Dundee: Carson. McGhee, Shaughnessy (c), Clark Robertson (Koumetio 77), Larkeche, Mulligan, Sylla, Fin Robertson. Tiffoney, Murray (Ingram 90+4), Adewumi (Palmer-Houlden 71). Unused Subs: McCracken (gk), Samuels, Garza, Reilly, Portales, Donnelly.
Referee: John Beaton.
Att: 6,580