Diego Pineda capped his home debut with a goal as Dundee saw off Dumbarton 3-1 in the Viaplay Cup.
The Dark Blues had defeat in Airdrie to shake off and did so with a comfortable victory against a Sons side that ended the game with 10 men.
The returning Zach Robinson opened his scoring account for the campaign with a brace as the Dark Blues moved into second in Group E.
There was a debut for Antonio Portales while Owen Beck, Joe Shaughnessy, Scott Tiffoney, Malachi Boateng and Pineda all made their Dens bows.
After passing up an earlier chance, Robinson pounced on a spill from Brett Long to poke into the net on 38 minutes.
That lead, however, lasted just three minutes as the Dark Blues failed to deal with a corner and Tony Wallace powered Dumbarton level.
The Dark Blues didn’t hang about themselves in restoring the lead as Tiffoney played Pineda in behind and the Mexican made no mistake as he notched his first goal for the club.
The second half saw chances come and go but eventually Dundee got their third with Robinson netting from the spot on 77 minutes.
Tiffoney went down in the area and Willie Collum pointed to the spot. Before the kick was taken, Sons defender Mark Durnan was shown a second yellow card for his reaction to the Dundee man.
But there were no more goals to come for the Dark Blues as they made it two wins from three in Group E.
So what can we take from the contest?
Changes, changes, changes
Tony Docherty signalled his displeasure at the weekend defeat to Airdrieonians.
The Dens gaffer made six changes to his starting XI with Adam Legzdins, Owen Beck, Zach Robinson, Diego Pineda and Jordan McGhee coming in alongside Portales.
Out were goalie Jon McCracken, Cammy Kerr, Zak Rudden, Jack Wilkie and Lyall Cameron after his penalty miss.
Luke McCowan sat out suspended thanks to two bookings in the first two games while there was no sign of new boy Aaron Donnelly.
There was also a change in system with Portales joining Lee Ashcroft and Joe Shaughnessy in a back three.
More of the same?
The big question was whether that would unleash Dundee’s attack.
In recent matches, goals had been hard to come by despite opening up promising positions.
Early on it was a bit of a struggle with little fluency in the play.
But chances eventually began to come and Robinson made the difference with the opening goal, following up a Beck effort to poke home.
Pineda then showed his finishing skills with a well-taken second right on half-time.
After the break, it was almost complete dominance against the part-time outfit.
But, again, chances came and went and the game wasn’t put to bed until the final 15 minutes.
Mexicans
Pineda got a run-out at Airdrie on Saturday and looked a little rusty.
He was much sharper on this occasion, linking up well with his new team-mates throughout.
And he buried his first real chance in dark blue, finishing confidently off the far post to cap an impressive home debut.
All eyes were on Portales, however, thanks to the extra-long wait for his arrival.
Finally, the defender was on the pitch and fans could see for themselves what all the fuss has been about.
With respect, he’ll get harder tests than League Two opposition but it was a good game to shake any cobwebs off.
His first real bit of defending saw his man get in behind only for a sweeping sliding tackle to relieve the danger.
A later slide tackle was less well-timed as he took down his man in a dangerous position and picked up a yellow card.
He was comfortable for much of the game and, as expected, not shy of a tackle.
