The meeting, which took place in Seville, ended with a score of 1: 1.
Yannick Carrasco scored for Atlético in the 5th minute.
Betis responded with a goal from Christian Tello.
Atletico with 67 points tops the standings of Examples, ahead of their closest rivals - Real Madrid and Catalan Barcelona by 1 and 2 points, respectively.
Betis with 47 points is sixth.
In other matches of the tour, Granada defeated Valladolid (2: 1), while Villarreal lost to Osasuna (1: 2), Huesca beat Elche (3: 1), Getafe lost to Cadiz "(0: 1), Athletic and Alaves drew (0: 0), while Levante took over Eibar (1: 0).
Earlier it was reported that Valencia with Cheryshev drew with Sociedad in Example.