( CNN ) -- Borussia Dortmund rained on Real Madrid 's parade in midweek , and the German soccer champions overcame snowy conditions to kickstart their domestic title hopes on Saturday . Dortmund 's hopes of a third successive Bundesliga crown seem slim , even at this early stage of the season , but the 2-0 win at Freiburg kept Jurgen Klopp 's team in fourth place after nine matches -- albeit nine points adrift of leaders Bayern Munich . While last season 's championship was somewhat offset by disappointing results in Europe , Wednesday 's 2-1 victory against nine-time winners Real put Dortmund in pole position to qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League from Group D. That momentum was maintained despite a difficult start at the MAGE Solar Stadion , where the pitch was covered in powdery snow after a cold snap hit Northern Europe . Second-half goals from Serbia defender Neven Subotic and young playmaker Mario Gotze were enough to quell the home side 's spirited opening onslaught , which almost produced a goal when Lukasz Piszczek headed against his own post . Subotic glanced in a header nine minutes after the break and the 20-year-old Gotze sealed victory on 83 to leave Freiburg in midtable . It was Dortmund 's second win in the last six league games , having lost at home to Schalke last weekend . `` It was an incredibly tough game , '' Klopp told reporters . `` You could see in the first half just how hard it was to play on a pitch like that . `` In the second half , we played better than Freiburg did in the first , so this was n't an undeserved win , but in these conditions anything could have happened . '' Schalke , who beat English club Arsenal in the Champions League in midweek , moved up to second place with a 1-0 win at home to Nuremberg . A 77th-minute goal from winger Jefferson Farfan put the Royal Blues within four points of Bayern , who host Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday . Wolfsburg , who sacked coach Felix Magath on Thursday , moved off the bottom of the table with a 4-1 win over 10-man Fortuna Dusseldorf . Dutch striker Bas Dost netted twice , while former Bayern forward Ivioca Olic also netted and Brazilian midfielder Diego added a 78th-minute penalty after Oliver Fink was sent off for fouling him . Mainz moved up to fifth place as Hungary striker Adam Szalai scored all the goals in a 3-0 win at home to Hoffenheim . Mid-table Werder Bremen came from behind to draw 1-1 at promoted team Greuther Furth , who dropped to the bottom on goal difference below Augsburg -- beaten 2-0 by Hamburg on Friday .
Bundesliga Dortmund second in German Bundesliga after beating Freiburg 2-0 . German champions overcome snowy conditions to follow up German success . Schalke up to second place after 2 -0 win over Nuremberg on Saturday . Wolfsburg move off bottom with win in fourth game since Felix Magath was sacked .