Gregor Townsend will not be too concerned if Scotland are on the right side of another high-scoring encounter when they take on Fiji.
Scotland have scored an impressive 21 tries in their last four games, three of them away from home, against France, Ireland, Argentina and South Africa, but have conceded 163 points in the process and lost twice.
“I think that’s the nature of the game,” Townsend said. “France won the (Six Nations) championship having conceded 96 points in the last two weekends. And they were the best team in the Six Nations.
“The game is in a period right now where attacks are proving too much for defences at times, and that’s a positive part of the game.
“I think there’s a bit of context in our France and Argentina games in that the tries were scored near the end, where we were still encouraging our players to play, which is the mindset we want.
“But we’d obviously like to reduce the points scored against us and increase the points that we score.”
Scotland impressed in stages in their 42-28 defeat in Pretoria last weekend but Townsend, who has made 14 changes, knows they need full concentration against Fiji at Murrayfield.
“Probably the most important element was how resilient we were when we went behind on two occasions,” Townsend said.
“But there were moments where we switched off just our focus a couple of times in attack and a couple of times in defence.
“When you’re playing the best teams in the world, and South Africa are the best team in the world right now, those small moments can cost you and they did at the weekend.
“And we know this opposition, they might not be the number one team in the world but they’re probably the most dangerous team in the world if you switch off.
“And switching off is not just right in front of you, it might be 50 yards away because Fiji can move the ball and they can run out their own line and suddenly you think you’re not going to be involved. You have to be involved.”
Fiji scored three tries in a 39-24 defeat to Wales before losing 73-8 against England in their opening Nations Championships games.
Townsend said: “We’re probably expecting the first 20 minutes that they showed against Wales where they were unplayable. They were running it from deep, they were offloading.
“Everyone in their 15 seems to have an ability to have a powerful dynamic carrying game with superb skills. They could have been 20 or more points up in that period.
“We’ve got to make sure our defence is on point and with the understanding that you might concede a line break or tackle breaks in the game, but we can’t give them any easy chances.”