The Daily Echo takes a look at the fixture lists and what could be the key games as Iraola looks to build on another record-breaking campaign on the south coast.
The first game of the campaign is certainly an eye-catcher, with Bournemouth involved in the curtain raiser for the season at league-winners Liverpool.
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There looks set to be an extra element added to the game, with Milos Kerkez looking set to join the Reds, so he could make his Premier League debut against his former club.
_(Image: Richard Crease)_ The first six sees the Cherries face Liverpool, Wolves, Spurs, Brighton, Newcastle and Leeds, with three games at home and three away.
Former boss and Bournemouth legend Eddie Howe returns to Dean Court on September 20, which promises to be a good game, with Iraola having the edge over Howe last season.
The first game against a newly promoted side is that game against Leeds, when the Cherries head to Elland Road.
The trip to Yorkshire is the first of two away games in the first half of the season against sides who came up from the Championship, with a trip to Sunderland coming at the end of November.
The first game against former boss Scott Parker’s Burnley comes the weekend before Christmas at the Vitality Stadium.
Last season, Bournemouth thumped Nottingham Forest 5-0 at home, with the home game against Forest coming in October, the second game in four against European sides.
That follows a visit to FA Cup winners Crystal Palace and precedes trips to Manchester City and Aston Villa.
That is one of two runs of three games against European opposition.
The second comes across the new year, with a trip to Chelsea on December 30, and home games against Arsenal and Spurs on January 3 and 7.
There will not be a full schedule of Premier League games on Boxing Day this season, breaking from tradition, although some games could be moved to December 26 from Saturday, December 27 - with Cherries set to play Brentford on that day.
The Cherries will again face Manchester United at Old Trafford shortly before Christmas for the third year on the bounce – heading to the Theatre of Dreams on December 13 aiming at three consecutive 3-0 wins.
_(Image: Martin Rickett/PA Wire)_ The three return fixtures against the newly promoted sides come in February at home against Sunderland, in March away at Burnley and at home against Leeds in April - fortunately not on the May bank holiday weekend.
The trip to Howe’s Newcastle comes on April 18, and Iraola’s team will be hoping to replicate their 4-1 win over the Magpies in what was arguably the best performance of last season.
That comes as the sixth game before the end of the season.
Bournemouth’s final five sees them host Leeds and Crystal Palace, before a trip to Fulham.
Manchester City visit Dean Court for the final home game of the campaign, before the Cherries complete their season at Nottingham Forest.
They will hope to end the season on a high and continue the trend of picking up points for the Cherries at the City Ground, with late goals earning them Premier League wins in 2022, 2023 and a draw in 2024.