That's a vital intervention by Owen Bevan.

Nathan Lowe is clear on the Hibs left and his low cross is turned out by the Dundee defender as attackers chase into the six-yard box.

Tawanda Maswanhise should have his hat-trick!

Another chance goes begging for the Motherwell attacker.

He races towards the St Mirren box, gets past two defenders but drills his strike wide of the far post.

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Another chance for Hibs and Martin Boyle.

The captain chests down a bouncing ball, sets himself and fires wide from outside the area.

The Dundee supporters give ironic cheers, but it was actually closer than they think.

Tawanda Maswanhise stutters in his run up and goalkeeper Jacob Chapman goes the right way to keep out the Motherwell striker's spot-kick.

It did, on the replay, look like Alex Gogic was encroaching, but no retake is ordered and Maswanhise is denied his second goal of the day.

Dundee winger Owen Bevan has his first real opportunity to take on Jordan Obita and gets by him.

The cross is cut out, though.

St Mirren centre-back Alex Gogic has a rush of blood to the head as he uses his arm to take the ball down inside his own penalty area.

The referee has been instructed to go over and have another look at this on the pitchside monitor and gives the penalty!

Hibs win a corner.

The initial delivery is cleared, but Martin Boyle collects to set up Josh Mulligan, but the midfielder's shot is blocked.

The visitors recycle again and Nathan Lowe's header is collected by goalkeeper Owen Goodman.

All Hibs so far.

St Mirren work the ball forward well and pass it around on the edge of the Motherwell box with nobody willing to take a shot on.

The ball ends up back with Alex Gogic and then eventually out for a Motherwell goal-kick.

Some light relief for Gogic, who is struggling with the pace of the opposing forward line along with his fellow home defenders.

The east of the country has been hit with a fair amount of rain, which was evident in the warm-up at Dens Park.

A couple of loose passes already with the ball skidding around.

Not quite as exciting a start at Dens Park.

Martin Boyle gets the break of the ball to have a run at the Dundee defence, but it is snuffed out.

They're off in Paisley - a few minutes behind in Dundee...

Rangers are currently up to sixth in the Premiership table after that win over Aberdeen, with Hibs down to eighth, one point behind.

However, Dundee and St Mirren can go level with Celtic on points at the top with victory, while Motherwell could go second.

Stay with us to see how it pans out at Dens Park and in Paisley.

Kheredine Idessane
BBC Sport Scotland at Marbill Coaches stadium

This will be a big test of Motherwell's reserves of energy and the depth of the squad off the back of two testing matches against Europa league runners-up Freiburg.

It's strong-looking side, however, with Martin Moorman and Tom Sparrow restored to the back-line, while Regan Charles-Cook comes back in to complete a dynamic front three with Tawanda Maswanhise and Ibrahim Said.

Rory Loy
Former Dundee striker on BBC Sportsound

Dundee were very good at Celtic Park. In the wider areas they were very good.

They've had a good start to the season, they have strength in depth in their squad. They could be set up for a good season.

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Hibs were left reeling by Gent's late winner in Thursday's Conference League play-off, but David Gray's side went into that game unbeaten in five outings and have won their latest three league games on the road.

Dundee, meanwhile, are looking to build on their derby win at Tannadice last time out and have won all three of their home games so far this season.

However, Hibs drew 3-3 on their last visit in February to end the season unbeaten against the Dark Blues - and having won their latest three meetings since a 4-1 defeat there in November 2024.

Rangers midfielder Cammy Devlin tells Sky Sports: "The disappointment during the week, it's been a tough start, so I think it was important to show a real togetherness and what a real Rangers team would look like.

"The fans were incredible, so for them to turn up and give us that extra bit of noise really helped us. That desperation to win was really on show today.

"It was a proper performance. We can be a lot better with the ball, but it was about winning and we've done that.

"Coming here it's never easy. It was one big moment, Shanks scores and we go home with three points."

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Motherwell are still earning praise for their style of play under their new manager despite a Premier Sports Cup exit by part-time Stenhousemuir being followed by two heftly losses to Freiburg in Conference League qualifying.

St Mirren's own promising start to the season came to a shuddering halt with a 5-1 thrashing by Rangers at Ibrox last time out in the League Cup, but they have had a couple of weeks to get over that.

The Buddies also conceded five in the last time they hosted Well in February and the visitors are unbeaten in their latest four visits, but they did reverse the fortunes with a 4-1 win in last season's League Cup semi-final.

Kheredine Idessane
BBC Sport Scotland at Marbill Coaches stadium

There could be some modern history on the line for St Mirren this afternoon as the Buddies seek to preserve their 100% league record, having won their opening two Premiership matches.

I don't think they've started a top-flight season with three straight wins in 94 years, stretching back to the 1932-33 campaign.

Debuts too for Calvin Ramsay and Nikolas Agrafiotis, while Killian Phillips and Marcus Fraser are out injured.