77% passing accuracy: The Birmingham City man on the radar of Crystal Palace, Everton and Wolves

Stepping up to first-team football admirably, Jordan James is an exciting prospect at Birmingham City.

The 17-year-old has appeared 17 times for the Blues this season, making his debut at senior level back at the start of November when he came on against Bristol City.

James was then handed his first start for the Midlands club at the end of the month, a 1-0 victory at home to Blackpool, with the young midfielder providing the assists for the sole goal of the game.

The teenager has since gone on to feature regularly for the Blues, hitting double figures for starts already.

Interestingly, James has been deployed in several different roles since emerging onto the professional scene at St Andrews, with Lee Bowyer tasking the young midfielder in a holding midfield position, a number 10 role and he has also seen game time on both wings.

Palace, Everton and Wolves have been credited with an interest in the young midfielder, as per a report from TEAMtalk, with James’ future at St Andrew’s uncertain.

Using Wyscout to see if the statistics back up the on-the-eye performances so far this season, here is what we found…

Attacking assessment 

Interestingly enough, James possess a comparatively high expected goals figure whenever he starts, proving to be a real threat and rather influential in the final third.

Backing up his final third play prowess, James has had two and five touches in Birmingham’s last two matches respectively, with both surpassing the 1.53 average.

The 17-year-old has won 42.9% of his attacking duels thus far, and whilst that is majorly impressive, it is a number that is seemingly improving as he continues to climates to regular Championship football.

Defensive analysis  

James has won 52.8% of his defensive duels