( CNN ) -- Second-placed Mainz closed to within four points of German Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund with a 3-0 victory at home to Nuremberg on Friday night . Andre Schurrle struck in the first half before Nikolce Noveski and substitute Sami Allagui added second-half goals to give Mainz a 10th win from 14 matches . Dortmund , who have 34 points , host bottom club Borussia Monchengladbach in Saturday 's late match . Nuremberg could have moved up to seventh place with victory , but slumped to a sixth league defeat this season -- and third in a row -- to remain on 18 points . Striker Schurrle scored his sixth of the season in the 27th minute , pouncing from close range after Malik Fathi guided Christian Fuchs ' corner towards the visiting goal . Captain Noveski doubled the lead nine minutes after halftime , with the Macedonia defender on hand to finish when Schurrle flicked on Fuchs ' free-kick . Nuremberg 's on-loan midfielder Jens Hegeler then headed against the crossbar before Allagui sealed the victory with a superb solo effort with four minutes to play . The Tunisia international received a long throw from goalkeeper Christian Wetklo on the halfway line , flicked the ball into space and then beat onrushing custodian Raphael Schafer to make it 3-0 . In Saturday 's other games , eighth-placed defending champions Bayern Munich host Eintracht Frankfurt , third-placed Bayer Leverkusen travel to fellow Champions League hopefuls Hoffenheim and fourth-placed Hannover are at home to Freiburg in another top-end clash . Schalke will seek to continue the club 's recent revival and leapfrog 13th-placed hosts Kaiserslautern , while fellow strugglers Stuttgart are at home to mid-table Hamburg . On Sunday , Wolfsburg travel to second-bottom Cologne and out-of-form Werder Bremen host St. Pauli .
Mainz consolidate second place with a 3-0 victory at home to Nuremberg . The club close the gap on Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund to four points . Dortmund host bottom club Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday . Nuremberg suffer third successive defeat to remain in 10th place in the table .