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AFC Bournemouth’s slow start under Marco Rose: What history tells us about Cherries’ Premier League form
02.10.26, 13:25 6 Minute Read
We’re still deep into the international break, meaning Cherries are still unable to remedy the slow start to the Premier League campaign.
Although Marco Rose has led Cherries to victory in the League Cup and the Europa League, the German is still without a win in the league, with a return of three draws and two defeats in his opening five Premier League matches.
In the Premier League, Cherries have typically been slow starters to the new season. Only in three out of 10 campaigns have they recorded more than one win in their opening five fixtures, all three of which corresponded to top-half perches in the embryonic league table - 2025/26, 2019-20, and 2018-19.
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Starting his journalism career covering local non-league football at the age of 14, Dorset-native Jack Tanner covered Cherries for the Bournemouth Daily Echo for the best part of four years. After a brief stint covering AFC Bournemouth on a freelance basis for national newspapers, Jack went on to cover boxing for The Independent.