The Dutchman was injured playing for his country earlier this week.
“Van der Vaart trained yesterday and from what the medical people are saying he is at 75%. It sounds good but whether he goes from 75% to 100%, we will take it from there,” Joe Jordan has said.
“He has got a chance [of playing against Villa] but it is important he doesn’t get a recurrence of what he had when he was away with Holland. Luka Modric has played the two games but others have only played one game.
“We don’t have too many problems, but we will get them out and train them then take it from there. Vedran Corluka played the first game but was suspended for the second. There was talk of him having a problem with his ankle, but he is saying he is OK.”
