Half time: 0 - 0
Full time: 0 - 1
Shots: 4 - 10
Shots on target: 3 - 5
Corner Kicks: 1 - 7
Possession: 51% - 49%
Four bookings for Real Betis in this one, with Aissa Mandi, Junior Firpo, Sergio Leon and Pau Lopez all seeing yellow. Referee Davide Medie Jimenez also took the names of Santiago Arias, Angel Correa and Lucas Hernandez of Atlético Madrid.
This is never an easy place to come, particularly when Betis are on their game defensively, and they were certainly up for this one. Atlético Madrid were predictably ahead on the shot count but couldn't find a way through, and in the end one goal was enough for the home side to pick up a big three points and deal a major blow to Atlético's title chances.
Betis went close inside the first ten minutes here when Jan Oblak was forced into a stunning one-handed stop to keep out a Zouhair Feddal header following a corner from the right. Both sides remained pretty solid after that. 0-0 at the break.
Antoine Griezmann had a decent chance for Atlético at the start of the second half when drifting an effort wide from just inside the area.
The games definitive moment came in the 65th minute. Filipe Luis handling in the area when the ball came in from the right and the referee pointing to the spot. Sergio Canales stepping up to drive home the penalty kick. Jan Oblak getting a hand on it but being unable to keep it out.
Atlético nearly equalised immediately when Griezmann curled in a fine effort from 25 yards to the right, only to see his effort come back off the left-hand post. Unlucky. And that's as close as the visitors would come to an equaliser. 1-0 finals score.
With Barcelona being held to a draw at home to Valencia, this could have been worse for Atlético. They stay second but are now six points behind the league leaders. Real Betis move all the way up into sixth and into the Europa League qualifying positions.