MELBOURNE will recall Ben Brown for the first time in two months for Thursday night's blockbuster clash against Port Adelaide, hopeful its off-season recruit will be able to fix the side's recent scoring woes.

Brown, a high-profile addition from North Melbourne on a four-year deal during last year's Trade Period, has played just three games for the Demons after dealing with form and fitness issues to start the season.

He was held goalless in his last AFL match, a victory over Carlton back in May, but has been in good VFL form for Casey recently and bagged a five-goal haul a fortnight ago against Essendon.

With the Demons travelling to the Adelaide Oval off a five-day break following last Saturday's defeat to the Giants, Brown was played on reduced minutes in the VFL last weekend.

However, coach Simon Goodwin believes the 28-year-old has fully recovered from the knee surgery he underwent in February and is ready to spearhead a Melbourne attack that hasn't scored more than 68 points in three straight matches.

"He obviously had the knee surgery last year and also through pre-season," Goodwin said on Wednesday.

"He missed a lot of footy. When he came into the team the first time, he hadn't played a lot of footy. He'd only played three or four games in the VFL and had missed a really good chunk of training.

"What he's been able to do in the last six or seven weeks is get some continuity in his body and some continuity in his training and playing. Speaking to Ben, he's really confident in his body and he's prepared to play at AFL level.

"When a player is coming to you and saying that, that gives you a lot of belief as a coach that he's in a great frame of mind and wants to impact the team. In his own words, he's ready to go."

Melbourne's score of 7.13 (55) in last Saturday's defeat to Greater Western Sydney was its lowest of the season, with the side having not reached the 10-goal mark in each of its last three games.

According to the Demons, there are a host of ways they can improve scoring, with Brown's return to partner Tom McDonald and both Max Gawn and Luke Jackson inside-50 just one of the ways they're looking to become more potent.

"Kicking 55 points per game isn't going to win too many games of footy," Goodwin said.

"With the way we defend, we don't need to kick really big scores. But we need to kick more than 55. So, we've looked at how we're going to fix some of these things.

"We certainly need to win more clearances from stoppage, we need to move the ball a little bit more effectively going inside-50, and we certainly need to look at our method and personnel.

"Ben Brown will come into the team and he's ready to go. He's put a big block of form together and we're looking forward to getting him in."