The striker – a late introduction last weekend against Charlton – wants to kick start his season in the league as he goes in search of surpassing last year's tally of 29 goals which earned him the golden boot – 23 goals came in the league.
And a start against Brentford in the Carling Cup tonight will enhance that hope for Scotland who wants to play as much of the game as he can as the Swans look to progress to Round 2 of a competition that has bought them minimal success in recent years.
Scotland told the Evening Post ahead of the cup tie "I'm hoping to come through 60, 70, 80 or maybe even 90 minutes
"If I can do that and I can perform to a high level then, hopefully, I will be knocking on the door for the game on Saturday.
"That is my target, but obviously we will have to see how tonight goes first.
"I felt all right when I came on, but it wouldn't have made any sense for me to start at Charlton and it wouldn't have been fair on the rest of the boys either.
"It's disappointing for me having the injury problem because I've been looking forward to the Championship.
"We're playing against some big clubs this year and you don't want to miss any of it.
"But, hopefully, I will be fully fit soon – I just need to get more minutes under my belt."
Scotland also reflected on the weekend defeat by Charlton where the Swans were undone by two goals from set pieces at the beginning and end of the game
"It was a decent performance by the lads," reckoned Scotland.
"We didn't really create that many clear chances, but we outplayed them in certain parts of the pitch and that was good to see.
"It gave us a first sign of where we are going to be this season and I think we've proved we can compete.
"We are going to play against some big teams this year and we have to relish that challenge. We can't lie down and let sides walk all over us.
"It's disappointing because the gaffer talked to us about set-pieces on Friday and we worked on defending them," Scotland said.
"A lack of concentration cost us twice and we have to put that right starting in the Brentford game."
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