AFC Bournemouth will kick off the new season with three home games out of the opening five Premier League fixtures of the new 2018/19 season.
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Newly-promoted Cardiff City will visit Vitality Stadium first on Saturday 11th August, the Bluebirds earned promotion to the top flight under Neil Warnock after finishing second in the Championship.
The first away game for Eddie Howe's men will then be at the London Stadium to face West Ham United.
That's the same as the 2016/17 campaign where the Cherries' first away game was also against the Hammers.
The final game of August comes against Marco Silva's Everton before an away trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea kicks off September – the last game before the international break.
Lastly of our opening five fixtures, Claude Puel's Leicester City make the trip to Vitality Stadium.
The first five fixtures in full are as follows:
| 11/08/18 | Cardiff City (H) |
| 18/08/18 | West Ham United (A) |
| 25/08/18 | Everton (H) |
| 01/09/18 | Chelsea (A) |
| 15/09/18 | Leicester City (H) |
