Since the Premier League era began in 1992, there have been no less than 12 matches where the Blues have gone in at the break drawing 0-0, but then scored four times in the second period to win by a healthy margin.

We list the previous 11 below, with seven of them coming in the Premier League itself, although Saturday’s 4-0 victory at Burnley was only the second time this scenario has played out in an away game for Chelsea during the Premier League era, and the first for over 20 years.

Chelsea 4-0 Crystal Palace, Premier League, 3 October 2020

Those with a keen memory will be aware that it was only last season the same thing happened, when we hosted Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge. Then it was Ben Chilwell, making his 100th Premier League appearance and first for Chelsea, who found the breakthrough five minutes into the second half, before providing the cross for Kurt Zouma to extend our lead. Two Jorginho penalties in four minutes added the gloss to the result.

Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal, Europa League final, 29 May 2019

Again, we sprung into action early in the second half, when Olivier Giroud netted a fine header against his former club in Baku. Pedro then extended our lead before Eden Hazard, playing his final game for the club, said goodbye in style by scoring twice, either side of Alex Iwobi’s consolation goal for Arsenal, to help us lift the Europa League trophy.

Chelsea 4-0 Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League, 8 March 2014

Few things are as enjoyable as thrashing our London rivals Tottenham, but this win wasn’t as straight forward as the scoreline seems. It wasn’t until the 56th minute that Samuel Eto’o, who had dealt with questions over whether he was too old, got the first goal. Four minutes later he was brought down in the box for Hazard to score from the spot. Substitute Demba Ba then got two more in the last three minutes of the game to send us seven points clear at the top of the table.

Chelsea 4-0 Brentford, FA Cup fourth round replay, 17 February 2013

Brentford had already held us to a draw at Griffin Park in this FA Cup tie and it looked like the replay could be heading the same way at half-time. Despite Oscar hitting the post and Brentford having a goal chalked off as the referee had already blown for a foul, it took until the second half before the Brazilian and Juan Mata inspired us to victory with a goal each. Frank Lampard and John Terry added two more from close range.

Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth, FA Cup third round, 8 January 2012

A year earlier, this FA Cup match also looked like it might be heading for a replay. Even after Mata turned in Florent Malouda’s cross two minutes into the second half, the tie was still in the balance right up until the 85th minute, when Ramires found the net twice in the space of three minutes to finally end Portsmouth’s threat of an equaliser. Frank Lampard gave the scoreline an emphatic feel with a fourth goal in injury time.

Chelsea 4-1 Spartak Moscow, Champions League group stage, 3 November 2010

The Blues guaranteed our place in the Champions League knockout stages with our fourth consecutive win in the competition. After a slow start, Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 49th minute with his fifth goal in four European games that season, and the result was never in doubt once Didier Drogba made it two with a penalty. The icing on the cake arrived when Branislav Ivanovic lived up to his ‘two-goal’ nickname with a brace in the last half-an-hour.

Chelsea 4-0 Newcastle United, Premier League, 4 December 2004

John Terry had an early goal ruled out for offside, but it took longer than an hour for Chelsea to find a way past Newcastle’s stubborn defence, by which time Jose Mourinho had used all three substitutes in an attempt to create a breakthrough. It did the trick as Lampard put us ahead from close range three minutes after the last two of those subs came on, before half-time introduction Drogba extended our lead five minutes later. Arjen Robben and Mateja Kezman then punished a tired Newcastle defence with further goals late on, giving us a second consecutive 4-0 win and putting us eight points clear en route to our first top-flight title for 50 years.

Chelsea 4-0 Southampton, Premier League, 1 May 2004

The Premier League title had already slipped away from us, but this result went a long way to securing our second-placed finish ahead of Manchester United. We needed a stroke of luck, though, as a young Martin Cranie headed into his own net on his Premier League debut to give us the lead just before the hour mark. Lampard then scored twice, both from rebounds after saves by Southampton keeper Antti Niemi, before substitute Glen Johnson (pictured) made it four with his first touch, ending a run of five league games without a win and two home games without scoring.

Derby County 0-4 Chelsea, Premier League, 7 April 2001

The long deadlock in this game was more about wasteful finishing than any stubborn defending from Derby. Gianfranco Zola had come closest when his spectacular volley from Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s cross hit the post, and it was an almost identical combination which final put us ahead. It still took until the last six minutes for the scoreline to accurately reflect our dominance, when Hasselbaink found the net himself and Gus Poyet struck twice in injury time.

Chelsea 4-0 Derby County, Premier League, 14 May 2000

Zola opened the floodgates in the second half in two very similar matches against Derby in consecutive seasons. His breakthrough came earlier the first time around, though, in our last league game of the campaign, six days before we lifted the FA Cup at Wembley. After a series of spurned chances by the Blues, including hitting the woodwork twice, Zola punished a defensive error two minutes into the second half and Poyet gave us a safety margin with a powerful header. We then finished the Premier League season in style with Roberto Di Matteo’s clinical finish before an outrageous flick by Tore Andre Flo ensured the Norwegian ended the campaign as our top scorer.

Chelsea 4-0 Middlesbrough, Premier League, 3 April 1993

A pretty dire first half was quickly brushed aside after a half-time team-talk from Blues manager and 1970 FA Cup winner David Webb, as we scored four times after the break, all from crosses into the box. Mal Donaghy (pictured) headed in the first in the 53rd minute, having found the net in the exact same minute of our previous match, after going five years without scoring before that. John Spencer and Graham Stuart added goals of their own before 21-year-old Darren Barnard volleyed in his first senior goal on his ninth appearance for the Blues.